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ED’s fresh notice to Vadra’s firm judge hits back
Officials said the summons for production of documents was issued for the second time as the agency had earlier dismissed as \"unauthorised\" the appearance of a lawyer in response to the notices first sent in this regard last month.
New Delhi :ED has issued a fresh notice to a firm linked to Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Robert Vadrain connection with its probe into alleged money laundering in a land deal in Rajasthan's Bikaner district.
Officials said the summons for production of documents was issued for the second time as the agency had earlier dismissed as "unauthorised" the appearance of a lawyer in response to the notices first sent in this regard last month.
They said the firm, Ms Skylight Hospitality, has been given two weeks time to furnish financial statements and other documents of the firm to the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case.
Last week, a lawyer had made appearance before the ED in response to the first notice sent in the case but it was dismissed by the probe agency as "unauthorised" as he was neither carrying any relevant papers nor an authorisation letter from the company about him being their representative.
The notice has been sent after the ED had conducted extensive searches in this case in Bikaner district and other places last month and had claimed to have seized a number of documents.
The probe is related to the purchase of 275 bigha land allegedly by the company in the Kolayat area of the border town of Bikaner. The central probe agency had registered a criminal case of money laundering in this case last year on the basis of FIRs filed by the state police after the local tehsildar had made a complaint.Would like more favours for Haryana villages: Justice Dhingra
Justice (retd) S.N. Dhingra, who sought an extension of six weeks to submit his commission's report on controversial land deals in Gurgaon district, on Friday cleared the air on the allegation of him having taken "favours" from Haryana government, saying he was ready to take more such favours if it benefits villages of the state.
The Congress on Thursday alleged that the inquiry into controversial land deals in Haryana, including those involving Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, had become vitiated because Justice Dhingra, who headed the panel, took "favours" from the BJP-ruled state government.
"If villages are getting benefitted because of my running an organization and if you say that is a favour to me, then it is good. I take it as a compliment," Justice Dhingra told a news channel.
"I don't have a school. I am the chairman of Justice Gopal Singh Public Charitable Trust. This trust is running two dispensaries, one in Gurgaon and one in Delhi. We also run a senior citizenship medical health programme," he added.
The Congress has accused Justice Dhingra of taking favours from the BJP government in Haryana and demanded he should either recuse himself or the government should disband the panel since he had “compromised his position”.
Justifying his stand, Dhingra clarified that an individual in Gurgaon, who was undergoing treatment at the dispensary, wanted to donate 2,200 square yards of his land to the village. "He wanted our help. He said he'll donate his land.
His name is Harish Chakravarty. After he donated the land about six or eight months back, we completed the construction work," said Dhingra.He said a survey was done in the villages and a demand for a skilled centre for women came up.
