Sanjay Bhandari’s extradition from the UK is bad news for Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law Robert Vadra

The Westminster court of the United Kingdom on November 7 gave a go-ahead to extradite Sanjay Bhandari from the UK where he had escaped to from India in 2016 via Nepal after a lookout notice had been issued against him New Delhi: All hurdles have been pulled in the extradition from the UK of notorious arms dealer Sanjay Bhandari, wanted in India for tax evasion, money laundering and kickbacks in an Indian Air Force defence deal for trainer aircraft from Swiss manufacturer Pilatus. Indian probe agencies, namely the Enforcement Directorate and the Central Bureau of Investigation, however, have maintained that Bhandari had close links with Rahul Gandhi’s brother-in-law and Priyanka Gandhi’s husband Robert Vadra. Tony London flat, Robert Vadra and Sanjay Bhandari In 2019, ED had grilled Vadra with regard to alleged undeclared properties abroad and had confronted him with email exchanges between him and Bhandari’s close aide Sumit Chadha. Sanjay Bhandari’s rapsheet Sanjay Bhandari is accused of defrauding Indian tax authorities, playing middleman and receiving kickbacks in the Rs 2,895 crore deal of 75 Pilatus basic trainer aircraft for the Indian Air Force.