Gurgaon land deal: ED names Robert Vadra in chargesheet, attaches 43 properties linked to him, others

In a statement Thursday, Vadra’s office maintained that the present proceedings were “nothing more than an extension of the political witch hunt by the present government” against Vadra.

“Vadra is aware of reports suggesting that the Directorate of Enforcement has filed a Prosecution Complaint naming him as an accused before the Rouse Avenue Courts, Delhi. As the Court is yet to even take cognizance of the matter, he has not had the opportunity to examine the Prosecution Complaint. As a law-abiding Indian citizen, he has always and will continue to extend his fullest cooperation to the authorities and he is confident that at the end of it all, the truth will prevail and he will be cleared of any wrongdoing. He is looking forward to the opportunity to defend himself and clear his name in Court,” it stated.

The ED, an official said, after completing its investigation, filed a prosecution complaint in the Rouse Avenue Courts against 11 individuals/entities.

Vadra, his entities including M/s Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd and others, Satyanand Yajee and Kewal Singh Virk including their entity M/s Onkareshwar Properties Pvt Ltd, have been arrayed as accused, the official said.

Cognizance of the prosecution complaint – the equivalent of a chargesheet filed by police – is yet to be taken by the court.

The ED investigation was based on an FIR, registered on September 1, 2018 by Gurgaon police, alleging fraudulent purchase of 3.53 acres of land situated in village Shikohpur, Sector 83, Gurgaon by Vadra through his entity M/s Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd from M/s Onkareshwar Properties Pvt Ltd on February 12, 2008.

“The probe revealed that a commercial licence was also obtained by Vadra on the land through his personal influence. A provisional attachment order was issued on July 16, 2025 in which 43 immovable properties, amounting to Rs 37.64 crore, pertaining to Vadra and his entities M/s Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd and others have been attached,” the official said.

In April this year, Vadra had called the ED investigation a “political vendetta’, claiming that attempts had been made to silence him and his brother-in-law and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.

“When I speak in favour of the country, I am stopped. Rahul is stopped from speaking in Parliament. The BJP is doing it. This is political vendetta,” he said, adding, “People love me and want me to join politics… When I express my willingness to join politics, they bring up old issues to bring me down and divert from the real issues.”

In 2018, an FIR was registered against Bhupinder Singh Hooda, who was Chief Minister of Haryana from 2005 to 2014, as well as against Vadra, and real estate companies DLF and Onkareshwar Properties for alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating, fraud and forgery, and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Hooda, Vadra and the Congress party have always denied any wrongdoing in this regard.

It is alleged that in February 2008, Skylight Hospitality, which Vadra had launched in 2007 with a capital of Rs 1 lakh, bought about 3.5 acres of land in Manesar-Shikohpur in Gurgaon from Onkareshwar Properties for Rs 7.5 crore. The plot was mutated in favour of Skylight the next day, and the title of the land was reportedly transferred to Vadra within 24 hours of the purchase – a process that usually takes at least three months.

A month later, the Haryana government, which was then headed by Hooda, gave Skylight Hospitality permission to develop a housing project on much of the land. This led to an immediate increase in the value of the land. In June 2008, DLF agreed to buy the plot for Rs 58 crore, which meant that in just a few months, the value of Vadra’s property had increased by close to 700 per cent. The payment was made to Vadra in instalments, and it was only in 2012 that the mutation transferring the colony licence on the land was transferred to DLF.