The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has submitted a chargesheet against Robert Vadra, the husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, along with various companies and individuals involved in the Shikohpur land case.

As per the chargesheet, Vadra’s company, Skylight Hospitality, acquired a 3.53-acre land parcel for Rs 7.5 crore in 2008. This same land was subsequently sold for Rs 58 crore, despite the project not being completed.

Robert Vadra, identified as an accused in the chargesheet, was interrogated by the agency for over 18 hours regarding this issue.

In addition to Vadra, multiple Congress leaders from Haryana were also questioned, and their testimonies have been included in the chargesheet. Previously, Vadra had appeared before the central agency for questioning related to an alleged money laundering case on July 14.

The investigation into Robert Vadra focuses on a 2008 land transaction in Manesar–Shikohpur (currently Sector 83), Gurugram, during the period of the Congress government in Haryana led by Bhupinder Singh Hooda. The land was acquired by Skylight Hospitality Pvt Ltd, a company where Vadra once held a directorial position. The firm reportedly bought 3.5 acres for about Rs 7.5 crore.

Within a few months, Vadra is alleged to have made illegal profits exceeding Rs 50 crore from this deal. In 2012, Skylight Hospitality sold the 3.53-acre land parcel to the real estate giant DLF for roughly Rs 58 crore.

The transaction became controversial in 2012 when senior IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was then the Director General of Land Consolidation and Land Records-cum-Inspector General of Registration in Haryana, annulled the mutation. He considered the transaction to be in violation of the State Consolidation Act and other relevant regulations.

Later, in September 2019, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) initiated a corruption case, accusing certain public officials in Haryana, along with other individuals, of defrauding landowners through a criminal conspiracy. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) subsequently initiated a money laundering investigation associated with these purported illegal profits.