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New Delhi: Entrepreneur Robert Vadra, who is currently being investigated by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a land deal, said on Wednesday that he would cooperate and not run away to some other country. He added that the process should be fair and legal. (Also read: BJP Slams Cong For Attacking PM Modi Over ED Raids)
“I haven’t done any wrong. We are not above the law, we are very much with the law. I am an Indian citizen and I am not running away anywhere,” he said on ED raids.
He said, “Will not allow my name to be used for political blackmail, have always maintained that we will cooperate, but the process should be fair and legal. I am not running away or going to live in some other country.”
While claiming that charges against him were false and politically motivated, Vadra said, “We have replied to every notice. But my family is under stress, my mother is unwell, my premises were ransacked and locks were broken. Everything should be done legally, we have always been cooperating.”
The ED had conducted raids at the premises of some of Vadra’s close associates for allegedly receiving money from defence suppliers, sources in the investigating agency said. They said the raids were held at three places in Delhi and Bengaluru.
They said that the agency had “evidence” that the persons being raided had received money in their bank accounts from defence suppliers.
Tavrej, the advocate of businessman Robert Vadra’s Sky Light Hospitality Pvt Ltd, cried foul over the “illegal” raid conducted by ED, alleging that they harassed the employees of the firm in South Delhi’s Sukhdev Vihar.
Showing the premises of the ransacked office, Tavrej told ANI, “They (ED) entered by breaking the doors (of the office) and kept employees locked for 13 to 14 hours. They have completely ransacked the office. They took away the CCTV cameras, broke tiles in the kitchen and took laptops and other things from the cupboard.”
Furthermore, he alleged that ED officials did not reveal their identity to employees or inform the company about the raid.
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