The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted raids at the premises of some close associates of Robert Vadra, son-in-law of UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, according to his lawyer Suman Jyoti Khaitan.
Vadra, a businessman, is being investigated by the ED in connection with a land deal in Bikaner in Rajasthan.
Lawyer of Robert Vadra on ED team at three locations connected to close aides of Vadra: They have locked our people of Skylight hospitality inside, they are not allowing anyone to go inside. Is this nazism? Is this a jail? pic.twitter.com/uRQvO8nRvY
— ANI (@ANI) December 7, 2018
Khaitan claimed that the ED officials raided “close associates” and business partners of Vadra in Delhi without even showing any search warrants.
They locked up the premises from inside and are not allowing any access to those inside, even to the lawyers, he alleged.
Lawyer of Robert Vadra on ED team at three locations connected to close aides of Vadra: It has been 4.5 years and they found nothing, so now they are locking us outside and planting and fabricating evidence pic.twitter.com/mYsoJUzMts
— ANI (@ANI) December 7, 2018
“Is this rule of law?…Evidence has been fabricated,” he alleged while speaking to reporters.
He said that a newspaper had reported that that three summons had been served on Vadra by the ED but “we have received none.
(With ANI inputs)