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ED Files Chargesheet Against Robert Vadra; Alleges PMLA Links to UK-Based Defence Dealer Sanjay Bhandari
The Enforcement Directorate filed a second prosecution complaint amid allegations of complex overseas financial networks and land deals linked to a London property and Haryana.
- This year the Enforcement Directorate filed a prosecution complaint against businessman Robert Vadra, submitting the second money-laundering chargesheet before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act court.
- Income-Tax raids on Sanjay Bhandari in 2016 revealed documents linking Bhandari, Vadra and associates, prompting the Enforcement Directorate 2017 money-laundering filing.
- Evidence shows the London property at 12, Bryanston Square was bought in 2009 and refurbished as per Robert Vadra's directions with funds provided by him, while intermediaries executed deals routing funds and acquiring assets.
- The ED recorded Robert Vadra's PMLA statement in July this year, attached properties in India and the Shikohpur, Haryana land deal, while Vadra denies ownership and calls the probe politically motivated.
- With a UK court denying extradition and a Delhi court declaring Bhandari a fugitive, the ED's 2017 filing links the probe to Haryana land transactions and complex cross-border networks.
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Sanjay Bhandari money laundering case: ED files fresh chargesheet against Robert Vadra
The case, in which the ED has filed a fresh chargesheet, traces back to income-tax raids on Bhandari in 2016, during which investigators reportedly recovered emails and documents referencing Vadra and his associates.
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ED files chargesheet against Robert Vadra in UK-based Sanjay Bhandari case
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a chargesheet against businessman Robert Vadra. This is in a money laundering case linked to UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari. This marks the second such chargesheet against Vadra. He has been questioned by the ED in the past regarding this case. The agency is probing Bhandari's links with Vadra concerning a London house.
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