Gurgaon land deal case: FIR lodged against Robert Vadra, former Haryana CM Bhupinder Hooda

On being questioned about the FIR, Vadra alleged that it was a gimmick to divert attention from the important issues. “Election season, increase in oil prices…so let’s divert real people’s issues with my decade old issue. What’s new,” ANI quoted him as saying.

In 2008, Vadra’s company Skylight Hospitality sold 3.5 acres of land in Shikohpur village to DLF at a rate much higher than the prevailing rate then. The deal became a major issue in the run-up to the Assembly election in 2014. The BJP, then in Opposition, repeatedly said it will probe the deal if it comes to power.

In 2015, the Manohar Lal Khattar-led BJP government had set up a commission to scrutinise the licences given by the previous government.