The Enforcement Directorate (ED), in its chargesheet, has alleged that Robert Vadra, businessman and husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, received a total of ₹58 crore as Proceeds of Crime (PoC) from what it describes as a corrupt land deal in Gurugram. According to the agency, these funds were routed through multiple companies linked to Vadra — including ₹5 crore via Blue Breeze Trading Private Limited (BBTPL) and ₹53 crore through Sky Light Hospitality Private Limited (SLHPL) — and were used to buy properties, make investments, extend loans, and settle liabilities of group firms connected to him.
The ED claims that Vadra leveraged his political influence with former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda to secure regulatory favours for SLHPL. Specifically, the company was allegedly granted a commercial colony licence for a 3.53-acre plot in Shikohpur, Gurugram, in violation of established norms. Investigators say the land was transferred by Onkareshwar Properties Pvt Ltd (OPPL) to SLHPL without any monetary payment, an arrangement described as a bribe in exchange for Vadra’s help in securing a housing licence for OPPL. The approval, granted within days, reportedly bypassed requirements such as an approach road and a designated commercial area — a speed the ED attributes to political pressure.
The probe also centers on a 2008 agreement between SLHPL and DLF Retail Developers Ltd, which the ED alleges resulted in ₹58 crore being paid to Vadra-associated entities between 2008 and 2012. This included ₹5 crore to BBTPL in 2008, ₹10 crore and ₹35 crore to SLHPL in 2009, and another ₹8 crore to SLHPL in 2012. The agency considers the entire ₹58 crore as illicit proceeds tied to the wrongful licence grant. Officials allege that the money moved through several Vadra-linked firms — including Sky Light Realty, Real Earth Estates, Lambodar Arts, North India IT Parks, and his proprietorship M/s Artex — and was used to acquire high-value assets such as luxury apartments in DLF Magnolias, commercial spaces in Bestech Business Towers, agricultural land in Rajasthan, and other real estate.
According to the ED, some of these properties were later sold, with the proceeds being funneled through group companies to obscure the original source of funds. The agency further accuses Vadra of stamp duty evasion worth ₹44.58 lakh and failing to pay mandatory profit-sharing dues. In total, it claims ₹43.07 crore was routed through multiple entities, all linked back to the original ₹58 crore from DLF, which investigators deem unlawful gains.
Vadra, in his statements to the ED, has denied direct involvement in most of the transactions, attributing key decisions to three associates who are now deceased. He has consistently rejected the charges as politically motivated. Following the filing of the chargesheet, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi accused the central government of engaging in a decade-long “witch hunt” against his brother-in-law, expressing solidarity with Vadra, Priyanka Gandhi, and their children, and asserting that they would endure the “onslaught of malicious, politically motivated slander” with dignity until the truth emerged.
This marks the first time an investigative agency has named Vadra in a criminal prosecution complaint. Last month, a PTI report revealed that the ED had attached 43 immovable properties worth over ₹37 crore across Rajasthan, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, and Gujarat — assets the agency claims are linked to Vadra and his companies, including Sky Light Hospitality Pvt. Ltd.
