New Delhi sources stated that businessman Robert Vadra cannot be arrested till February 16 in an alleged money laundering case, a court in Delhi said yesterday. Meanwhile his lawyer said Mr. Vadra will join investigation in the case filed by the Enforcement Directorate over alleged wrongdoing in a deal of a London based property worth 1.9 million pounds.
Furthermore the husband of Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was recently appointed in-charge of eastern Uttar Pradesh where the Lok Sabha constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is also located, denied the probe agency's allegations as "witch-hunting in an election year". Reportedly Mr Vadra's close aide Manoj Arora, another accused in the case, was already given protection from arrested.
ED alleged the ED alleged that emails were exchanged between Bhandari, Robert Vadra and Manoj Arora. "Vadra was beneficially controlling the property and he arranged funds for renovation work of property”. Moreover as per the law enforcement agency, On 10 December 2009, a payment of 1.9 million GBP made from the account of Santach International UAE and that Sanjay Bhandari was not the actual owner of the property.
