Minister of State for Home
Affairs Kiren Rijiju on
Wednesday said there is no vendetta behind the Enforcement Directorate's notice
to a firm linked to Congress president Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra land
in Rajasthan's Bikaner city, adding nobody is above the law of the land.
"If someone does something
wrong and violates the law, where this point of vendetta comes?
Nobody is above law in this country; everyone is equal before the law," he
told ANI.
Earlier in the day, the
Congress demanded an 'unbiased and transparent' probe in the matter and said
that it should not be aimed to harass anyone deliberately.
"The law is equal for all
and if a fault is found then action should be initiated, but the investigation
must be transparent and unbiased," Congress leader P.L. Punia told ANI.
"Since this government has
assumed office, they have been targeting us. They are highlighting the issues
pertaining to the Congress. They are using the media to portray as if there was
serious implication, but till now there has been no case where the
irregularities have come to the fore," he added.
The Enforcement Directorate has
reportedly issued a notice to a firm allegedly linked to Vadra as part of its
investigation into an alleged land scam in Rajasthan's Bikaner city.
According to sources, the
notice has been issued to Skylight Hospitality firm under the provisions of the
Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Enforcement Directorate had
earlier on May 6 conducted searches at eight premises in Bikaner and nearby
areas in connection with the case.
The Enforcement Directorate registered a money laundering case
against certain real estate developers and Rajasthan government officials to
probe the Bikaner land scam.
The investigation is related to
the purchase of 275 bigha land allegedly by the company in the Kolayat area of
Bikaner.
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Source: ANI
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