On Wednesday, he was questioned for six hours on how he allegedly laundered money to purchase properties across the UK.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) grilled Robert Vadra, son-in-law of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, for the second consecutive day while questioning him in a money laundering case.
Vadra was being questioned by a team of three officers headed by Joint Director at Jamnagar House where he reached at 11:30 am. The agency allowed him to return home for lunch for 45 minutes in the afternoon, after which he returned to the agency office to join the probe that continued till late night. Sources said that he has been asked to be available for joining the probe again.
On Wednesday, he was questioned for six hours on how he allegedly laundered money to purchase properties across the UK.
The agency claims that Vadra owns nine properties in the UK, bought illegally through kickbacks received in petroleum deals when the UPA government was in power. The properties were purchased between 2005 and 2010. The total value of these properties is around 12 million pounds, which is more than Rs 110 crore.
The agency confronted Vadra with alleged emails between him and another accused Sanjay Bhandari, and arms dealer, and Vadra's London-based relative Sumit Chadha. The emails were exchanged between June 2009 and October 2010.
According to the agency, Chadha asked Vadra for funds to renovate a London property, 12 Bryanston Square mansion. The response from Vadra said, "Will look into it in the morning and let Manoj sort it out". Later, Manoj Arora, a former employee of Skylight Hospitality, a firm linked to Vadra, was asked to contact Chadha.
The agency is probing the sale of the mansion, which was purchased in 2009 and sold in 2010 for the same amount, despite an additional expense of approximately 65,900 pounds, which is Rs 60.85 lakh, for its renovation.
The money was transferred to Santech International, FZC, a company based in UAE. Santech then purchased the London mansion from Vortex, a private holding. Later, Vortex shares were transferred to Skylight Investment, FZE, which is headed by NRI businessman C Thampi.
Besides the Bryanston Square mansion, two more properties, worth 4 million pounds (Rs 37.42 crore) and 5 million pounds (Rs 46.77 crore), respectively. The agency also said that Vadra owns six other flats, details of which they are trying to find, including the source of money and other players of the deals.
Vadra's involvement in money laundering was established during a probe against Bhandari by the Income-Tax Department. A money laundering case has been filed against him as well.
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