ED raids Vadra’s associates in defence deals bribery case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out searches against three people linked to Robert Vadra, son-inlaw of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, in connection with its probe into alleged “commissions received by some suspects in defence deals” and illegal assets stashed abroad, officials said.

This is for the first time that Vadra's associates have been linked to alleged commissions received in defence deals by the ED. The raids that began around 12 noon were carried out on multiple premises in Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru, they said.

“The searches were carried out on the premises of two employees of firms linked to Vadra and another person. These people are suspected to have received commissions out of a defence deal and they subsequently invested these funds to procure illegal assets abroad,” ED sources said. They said they had some “fresh evidence” to take action.