New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a money laundering case arising out of a land grab case in Bikaner in Rajasthan involving a firm allegedly linked to Robert Vadra.
"A criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been registered by the ED. It will soon issue summons and question the accused involved including some unknown private entities," agency sources said.
The sources said they have taken cognisance of the earlier media reports that had referred to a firm linked to Robert Vadra, son in law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, which had purchased some of these lands.
Mr Vadra could not be reached for comments but the Congress party called it "sheer political vendetta".
The state government had in January this year cancelled the mutation (transfer of land) of 374.44 hectares of land, after the land department claimed to have found that the allotments were made in the names of "illegal private persons".
He had said in the complaint that the government land in 34 villages of Bikaner, to be used for expanding the army's firing range in the area, was "grabbed" by the land mafia by preparing "forged and fabricated documents" in connivance with government officials.
The state government, while cancelling the mutations had said that these were not issued by the Commissioner, Colonisation, Bikaner.
"A criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) has been registered by the ED. It will soon issue summons and question the accused involved including some unknown private entities," agency sources said.
The sources said they have taken cognisance of the earlier media reports that had referred to a firm linked to Robert Vadra, son in law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, which had purchased some of these lands.
Mr Vadra could not be reached for comments but the Congress party called it "sheer political vendetta".
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The state government had in January this year cancelled the mutation (transfer of land) of 374.44 hectares of land, after the land department claimed to have found that the allotments were made in the names of "illegal private persons".
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He had said in the complaint that the government land in 34 villages of Bikaner, to be used for expanding the army's firing range in the area, was "grabbed" by the land mafia by preparing "forged and fabricated documents" in connivance with government officials.
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The state government, while cancelling the mutations had said that these were not issued by the Commissioner, Colonisation, Bikaner.
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