The ED's action occurred as the agency conducted raids at 15 locations targeting individuals suspected of involvement in money laundering networks associated with Mahadev Online Book in Kolkata, Gurugram, Delhi, Indore, Mumbai, and Raipur.
The agency added that the list of 12 landed properties which are adjacently situated and altogether make up a very big property of an area of about 8 decimals, was recovered from Bhanu Pratap's mobile phone.
The ED officials had visited Soren’s residence in Delhi, the Jharkhand Bhavan and a few other locations to question him, but he was not found at any of those places
Later in the day, reports emerged that the Jharkhand CM was probably in the National Capital Region, and his last location was traced to Gurgaon. However, the ED was still unable to reach or contact him.
This is the first time that ED has named Vadra in their chargesheet. ED's chargesheet confirms OpIndia's 2019 newsbreak regarding the Gandhi family connection to the dubious land deals.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in its supplementary chargesheet has finally established a direct connection between the Gandhi son-in-law Robert Vadra, CC Thampi and arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari.