Land deal-linked money-laundering case: ED questions Robert Vadra on day 2

Robert Vadra, the businessman brother-in-law of Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate on the second straight day on Wednesday in a 2008 Haryana land deal-linked money-laundering case.

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He reached the ED office around 11 am accompanied by his wife Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, the Congress MP from Kerala's Wayanad. The two exchanged hugs before Robert Vadra went inside the office.

Priyanka Gandhi stayed in the visitors' room at the agency's office 'Pravartan Bhawan' at APJ Abdul Kalam Road all through, and left with her husband when he was allowed to go home for lunch around 1.10 pm.

The MP's Z plus CRPF security waited outside.

The questioning is expected to continue after lunch.

Vadra was questioned for about five hours on Tuesday and his statement was recorded by the federal probe agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), official sources said.

The 56-year-old Vadra had termed the ED action "political vendetta" saying the people of the country "do not trust the probe agencies".       He said he has always cooperated with investigative agencies and has furnished huge amount of documents, stressing that there needs to be a closure in cases which are as old as 20 years.

The probe against Vadra is linked to a land deal in Haryana's Manesar-Shikohpur (now sector 83) in Gurugram.