Vadra forged papers to pocket premium on land deal, alleges IAS officer - Indian Express

Express news service : Chandigarh, Sun Aug 11 2013, 03:09 hrs The land deals of Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, returned to haunt the party after IAS officer Ashok Khemka alleged that Vadra "falsified documents" for 3.53 acres of land in a Gurgaon village and "pocketed" large premium on a commercial colony licence. In his reply to a three-member inquiry committee set up by the Haryana government last year to look into the Vadra-DLF deal, Khemka alleged that Vadra executed a series of "sham transactions" for 3.53 acres in Shikhopur village of Gurgaon. The matter pertains to a deed recording the sale of land by Onkareshwar Properties Ltd to Vadra's company Sky Light Hospitality Ltd for Rs 7.5 crore and further sale of the same land by Vadra's company to the DLF for Rs 58 crore. In October last year, while serving as Director General, Consolidation of Land Holdings, Khemka cancelled the land mutation deal between Vadra and DLF. He was shunted out of the department immediately. Khemka, who submitted a reply running into 100-plus pages, alleged that the sale deed of February 12, 2008 through which Vadra's company Sky Light Hospitality bought land from Onkareshwar Properties and a letter of intent from the Department of Town and Country Planning (DTCP) granting his company a commercial licence in March 2008 were "sham transactions" to allow Vadra collect market premium. "No price was paid as claimed in the registered deed. The sale registered in the deed cannot, therefore, be called a sale in true sense of the term, legal or moral, and it cannot be said that Sky Light Hospitality became owner of the land in question by virtue of sale registered in the deed," Khemka stated in his reply to the inquiry committee. "The DTCP ignored rules and regulations to allow crony capitalists operating as middlemen to flourish and appropriate market premium of a licence... the DTCP aided Vadra in making these sham transactions," he alleged. The 3.5 acres of land was shown as sold under registered deed number 4928 dated February 12, 2008 by Onkareshwar Pvt Ltd to Sky Light Hospitality Ltd for Rs. 7.5 crore as full consideration amount vide cheque no. 607251 dated February 9, 2008 of Corporation Bank, New Delhi. All expenses, according to the deed, including stamp duty of Rs 45 lakh, were borne by Sky Light Hospitality Ltd. ... contd. ALSO READ Family awaits return of man who killed 5 daughters Reactor on India's 1st nuclear missile submarine goes critical For dons' descendant, a film disappoints Dawood Ibrahim was here but we chased him out, may be in UAE now: Shahryar Khan Please read our terms of use before posting comments TERMS OF USE: The views, opinions and comments posted are your, and are not endorsed by this website. You shall be solely responsible for the comment posted here. The website reserves the right to delete, reject, or otherwise remove any views, opinions and comments posted or part thereof. You shall ensure that the comment is not inflammatory, abusive, derogatory, defamatory &/or obscene, or contain pornographic matter and/or does not constitute hate mail, or violate privacy of any person (s) or breach confidentiality or otherwise is illegal, immoral or contrary to public policy. Nor should it contain anything infringing copyright &/or intellectual property rights of any person(s). via Top Stories - Google News http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&usg=AFQjCNGrDVwY8_ZIjL-mJJ3vKHPovDXQKg&url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vadra-forged-papers-to-pocket-premium-on-land-deal-alleges-ias-officer/1153858/

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