Robert Vadra has been summoned by the Rajasthan high court to appear before the Enforcement Directorate. The ED is investigating Vadra in the Bikaner land scam, and he will have to appear before ED along with his mother Maureen Vadra on February 12th as per court’s order.
The order was passed by Justice Pushparendra Singh Bhati while hearing the petition of Skylight Hospitality Ltd on Monday.
The court maintained the stay order on the arrest of Robert Vadra in the case granted earlier. When ASG Rajdeepak Rastogi, appearing on behalf of Union Of India, requested that arrest should be allowed if there is a need to do so, the court said if such need arises an application can be filed with the court to obtain permission.
The counsel for company, Kuldeep Mathur, told the court that his client is ready to cooperate in the investigation, but his child has a knee operation in England. On this the court asked the lawyers from both sides to decide the date and they fixed February 12.
The case pertains to a land deal in which Sky Light Hospitality had allegedly purchased a plot in Bikaner. The ED had registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in this matter in 2015, after the state police had filed FIRs based on a complaint by local tehsildar alleging forgery in the deal. It is alleged that Skylight had sold 69.55 hectares of land to Allegeny Finlease at Rs7.41 lakh per hectare, but it had purchased the land at the rate of Rs 1 lakh per hectare. Mahesh Nagar, an authorised representative of several companies linked to Vadra, had bought and sold land on behalf of Skylight Hospitality.
The amount used by Allegeny Finlease to buy the land came from a loan given by Bhushan Power and Steel company (BSPL). In the same year, BSPL was granted an exemption of Rs 500 crore by the Income Tax Settlement Commission (ITSC), a decision which has come under the scanner.
The state government had cancelled the transfer of 374.44 hectares of land sold in various deals after it was found that land allotments were made in the name of fake persons. It is alleged that land meant to expand army’s firing range was grabbed by the land mafia through forged and fabricated documents.
What Court Said
The order was passed by Justice Pushparendra Singh Bhati while hearing the petition of Skylight Hospitality Ltd on Monday. The high court maintained the stay order on the arrest of Robert Vadra in the case granted earlier.
Case So Far
The case pertains to a land deal in which Sky Light Hospitality had allegedly purchased a plot in Bikaner. The ED had registered a case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in this matter in 2015, after the state police had filed FIRs based on a complaint by local tehsildar alleging forgery in the deal.
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