DUMMY FIRMS FIGURE IN VADRA

LAND DEAL CASE IN RAJASTHAN

A day after issuing notice to Skylight Hospitality, the firm allegedly linked to Mr Robert Vadra, sonin-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, in connection with a land scam in Rajasthan, sources in the ED on Wednesday said its investigation has revealed that allotments were made in the names of dummy firms and certain private persons.

“The land in 34 villages of Bikaner was supposed to be used for expanding the Army's firing range in the area,” sources said.

Meanwhile, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday confirmed receiving the ED notice to the firm allegedly linked to her husband. She, however, made a jibe at critics for creating unwarranted hype and said the overenthusiastic media broke the news “yesterday” while the copy has been received “today”.

New Delhi, June 22: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday took a dig at Enforcement Directorate for giving out the news of sending a notice to a firm linked to her husband Robert Vadra in connection with its probe into alleged money laundering in a land deal in Rajasthan's Bikaner district.

“Apparently, we have received it at 4 o’clock today (Wednesday) but you received it before us,” Priyanka told reporters here.

A notice has been issued to the firm M/s Skylight Hospitality under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) seeking certain financial statements and other documents, official sources said.