A Delhi court is set to announce its decision on whether to proceed with the Enforcement Directorate’s charges against businessman Robert Vadra, the husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, in a money laundering case linked to UK-based defense dealer Sanjay Bhandari.
The Enforcement Directorate has filed a prosecution complaint against Vadra under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act before the Rouse Avenue Court. The case involves alleged overseas assets and financial transactions associated with Bhandari, who is facing legal action for undisclosed assets abroad.
Vadra was named as an accused by the ED following the completion of its investigation and the agency has requested the court to acknowledge its prosecution complaint. Vadra’s statement was recorded in July 2025 during the probe under Section 50 of the PMLA.
The investigation by the ED originated from income-tax raids conducted on Bhandari in 2016, revealing emails and documents linking him to Vadra and his associates. The agency has seized multiple properties in India allegedly connected to Vadra or his associates, claiming they are proceeds of crime from Bhandari’s offshore dealings.
In a separate development, the ED informed a Special Court that Vadra received Rs 58 crore as proceeds of crime from a questionable land deal in Gurugram. The funds were routed through Sky Light Hospitality and Blue Breeze Trading, with the agency provisionally attaching 43 immovable properties worth Rs 38.69 crore as part of its investigation.
