Shocking ED Chargesheet: Robert Vadra Faces Heat in ₹50 Crore Shikohpur Land Deal Scandal!
ED slaps chargesheet on Robert Vadra in ₹50 crore Shikohpur land deal, sparking political firestorm.
In a bombshell development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed its first-ever chargesheet against businessman Robert Vadra, husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a high-profile money laundering case tied to a controversial 2008 land deal in Haryana’s Shikohpur (now Sector 83, Gurugram). The charges, filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before a Delhi court, also name others involved in the murky transaction, marking a significant escalation in the probe against the Congress first family’s son-in-law.
The case centers on Vadra’s company, Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd, which purchased 3.5 acres of land from Onkareshwar Properties for ₹7.5 crore in February 2008, during the Congress-led government under then-Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Just months later, the Haryana government granted Skylight a commercial colony license, and in 2012, the land was sold to real estate giant DLF for a staggering ₹58 crore—a profit of over ₹50 crore. The ED alleges this deal involved illegal profiteering and violations of land regulations.
The controversy erupted in October 2012 when IAS officer Ashok Khemka, then Director General of Land Consolidation and Land Records in Haryana, canceled the land’s mutation, flagging it as a violation of the state’s consolidation laws. Khemka’s bold move, followed by his swift transfer, sparked national outrage and accusations of political favoritism. The ED’s probe intensified, with Vadra grilled for over 18 hours across three days in April 2025.
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Vadra, 56, has slammed the charges as a “political vendetta,” claiming the ED is targeting him to silence his activism and tarnish his family, including Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi. The ED is also investigating Vadra in separate cases involving a UK-based arms consultant and a Rajasthan land deal. As this high-stakes legal battle unfolds, all eyes are on what’s next for Vadra and the Congress.
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