FIR filed against Robert Vadra, ex-Haryana CM Hooda in DLF land deals

GURGAON: A controversy on which the dust is yet to settle — land deals between Robert Vadra and DLF — got fresh fodder on Saturday after an FIR was filed against the real estate giant, the Congress president’s brother-in-law, and former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda at Kherki Daula police station in Gurgaon for a 2008 land deal.The case against the three, and another company called Onkareshwar Properties, was filed after a resident of Rathiwas village in Gurgaon filed a complaint, alleging huge losses to the exchequer because of the deal. Both Vadra and Hooda denied the charges.Surendra Sharma, who described himself as a social activist to TOI, submitted his complaint around 10am. By afternoon, police had filed an FIR under Sections 420 (cheating), 467, 468 & 471 (forgery) of the IPC and Section 13 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.Sharma has alleged that Vadra’s company Sky Light Hospitality was registered with a capital of Rs 1 lakh in 2007, and in 2008, it bought 3.5 acres of land in Shikohpur village (now Sector 83) from Onkareshwar Properties for Rs 7.5 crore. “How can a company with capital of just Rs 1 lakh make payment of Rs 7.5 crore?” said Sharma.Hooda said, “This is nothing but political vendetta. These are all tactics by the BJP government to divert the attention of the people from its failures.”Vadra, meanwhile, told a TV channel, “It’s election season. There is an increase in oil prices, so let’s divert the real issues of people.”