Robert Vadra Sanjay Bhandari Link

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday alleged that Robert Vadra, son-in-law of former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, "renovated and stayed" at a London property which is a "proceeds of crime" in a money laundering case against alleged middleman Sanjay Bhandari. Bhandari fled to the UK in 2016 and the British government approved his extradition to India in January this year acting on the legal request made by the ED and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The two federal agencies are probing charges of money laundering and tax evasion against the businessman for holding alleged undisclosed assets abroad. This is the first time that the federal agency has named Vadra in this case. The ED issued a statement stating that it has filed a fresh charge sheet in this case against C C or Cheruvathur Chakutty Thampi, a UAE-based NRI businessman, and UK national Sumit Chadha. Thampi was arrested in this case in January 2020 and the ED alleged he was a "close associate" of Vadra. Tha

Dikshit said Vadra, and not Congress should come forward to explain the alleged link with the arms dealer

The Congress said it will be taking this issue up and take it to the streets of the country

Sitharaman said Bhandari purchased the ticket on Vadra's behalf from a Paharganj based travel agency

The BJP on Tuesday asked the Congress to explain the alleged links between party President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law and arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari