Income Tax sleuths reach Robert Vadra’s residence, record his statement in benami property case

New Delhi: In what could mount the trouble for Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, the Income Tax department sleuths today reached his residence and recorded his statement in connection with benami property case.

“Robert Vadra was earlier summoned on multiple occasions to record his statement but citing pandemic, he failed to appear,” a senior official of the Income Tax department said.

“Today his statement is being recorded in connection with cases of benami properties.”

I-T department and Enforcement Department is probing Vadra under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) pertaining to allegations of money laundering in the purchase of a London-based property at 12, Bryanston Square.

Earlier ED has also recorded the statement of Vadra in connection with assets and properties outside India.

In his recorded statement, Vadra denied ownership of properties in London in question. He also denied assets outside India.