It is the first time when the Enforcement Directorate has taken the name of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s name linked with the businessman NRI CC Thampi.
In earlier chargesheets put up by the ED officials, Priyanka Gandhi’s husband’s name Robert Vadra have been mentioned in the case. ED in its statement said, “Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra bought land in Haryana through a Delhi-based real estate agent who also sold land to NRI businessman CC Thampi.” The ED officials later also alleged that Thampi and Vadra have a “long and thick” relationship which also extends to “common and business interests”.
There latest chargesheet which was filed in the month of November cited, “the federal agency has alleged that estate agent HL Pahwa, who sold properties to both Vadra and Thampi, received cash out of the books for the land purchase in Haryana, and that Vadra did not pay the full amount for the sale. Pahwa also sold agricultural land to Priyanka Gandhi in 2006 and bought it back from her in 2010″.
The report was therefore reviewed by Hindustan Times.
Thampi who was arrested in January 2020 had told the ED officials that he knew Vadra for the last 10 years and that they used to meet several times when Vadra used to pay a visit to the UAE as well as in Delhi also.
“It is imperative to mention that Robert Vadra also purchased three pieces of land measuring 334 kanals (40.08 acres) in Amipur from [the same] HL Pahwa from 2005-2006 and sold the same land to Pahwa in December 2010. Further, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, wife of Robert Vadra, also purchased agricultural land measuring 40 kanal (5 acres) in village Amipur from Pahwa in April 2006 and sold the same land to Pahwa in February 2010,” the charge sheet also added.
(With inputs from Hindustan Times)
