NEW DELHI: The income tax department visited the facility on Monday Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, to record her statement regarding her Investigation against him under the benami estate law, official sources said.
They said Vadra was asked to join the investigation at the tax authority’s office, but as he cited Covid-19 restrictions, a team of officials visited his facilities in the Sukhdev Vihar area of Delhi.
A team from the department has gone to record Vadra’s statement under the provisions of the Benami Property Transaction Prohibition Act, they said.
The department has been investigating Vadra, the husband of the congressional leader. Priyanka gandhi Vadra, charged with alleged possession of some undisclosed assets in the UK.
The enforcement directorate is also investigating these charges, under the anti-money laundering law, against the businessman.
Vadra had denied wrongdoing in the past even when the Congress party had called the action a political vendetta.
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