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[[File:RahulPriyankaRobert.png|thumb|Robert Vadra]]

'''DLF land grab case''' is a case related to 50-acre land grab in 2013 in Amipur village of Haryana during the Congress' [[Bhupinder Singh Hooda]] government, for which [[Robert Vadra]], Hooda and [[DLF (company)|DLF]] are being investigated by the CBI (c. December 2017).<ref name=scam1>[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=hi&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fperformindia.com%2Fland-fraud-of-gandhi-family%2F Rahul ji! See how Gandhi family has grabbed thousands of acres of farmers], [http://performindia.com/ Perform India], 7 Dec 2017.</ref><ref name=vad6>[https://www.dailyo.in/politics/robert-vadra-justice-sn-dhingra-commission-dlf-haryana-ml-khattar-ashok-khemka/story/1/11503.html 10 takeaways from Robert Vadra's dubious land deals], DailyO, 1 Jul 2016.</ref> Hooda's generosity towards land sharks and builders caused huge losses to farmers and Haryana Government.<ref name=vad1/> Consequently, there are [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI) inquiries and court cases against him related to shady land deals.<ref name=vad1/> Those deals include the allotment of a highly subsidised land and change in land use license for his relatives and influential friends connected to [[Indian National Congress]], such [[Sonia Gandhi]]'s son-in-law Robert Vadra.<ref name=vad1>[http://www.firstpost.com/india/manesar-land-scam-long-battle-awaits-bhupinder-singh-hooda-as-shady-deals-return-to-haunt-former-haryana-cm-4334681.html Manesar land scam: Long battle awaits Bhupinder Singh Hooda as shady deals return to haunt former Haryana CM], [[Firstpost]], 4 Feb 2018.</ref> Jitesh Vadra made illegal gains of over INR50 crore from this land deal within few months in 2008.<ref name=vad2>[https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/robert-vadra-made-gains-of-rs-50-crore-from-a-land-deal-in-haryana-in-2008-dhingra-panel/articleshow/58407295.cms Robert Vadra made gains of Rs 50 crore from a land deal in Haryana in 2008: Dhingra Panel], [[The Economic Times|Economic Times]], 27 April 2017.</ref> CBI has filed an 80,000 page long chargesheet in the court related to this case and [[Manesar land scam]] case.<ref name=vad1/>

There are a total of 6 CBI cases and several other vigilance department investigations against Hooda underway.<ref name=chor5>[https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/punjab-and-haryana/chandigarh/bhupendra-singh-hooda-to-face-cbi-probe-in-two-more-cases/articleshow/63288447.cms Hooda under investigation by CBI in several cases], [[Navbharat Times]], 13 Mar 2018.</ref> [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] is investigating several scams, mostly related to illegal land grab, that took place during his rule in Haryana. These investigations include the [[Manesar land scam]], [[Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab scam]], [[Sonepat-Kharkhoda IMT land scam case]], [[Garhi Sampla Uddar Gagan land scam]], [[AJL-National Herald Panchkula land grab case]], [[AJL-National Herald Panchkula land grab scam]], [[Haryana Forestry scam case]] and [[Haryana Raxil drug purchase scam]]. He has been already [[chargesheet]]ed in the Manesar-Gurugram land scam, while other cases are still under investigation (c. March 2018).<ref name=chor1>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/cbi-to-probe-two-more-hooda-govt-land-deals/557679.html CBI to probe two more Hooda govt land deals], [[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]], 14 March 2018.</ref><ref name=chor5/> Hooda was acquiring land from poor, illiterate farmers at a low rate in the name of ''"public interest"'' only to later license this to builders after granting out-of-turn favors that helped the land value increase exponentially. During his 10-year rule as Chief Minister, Hooda, licensed a massive 24,825 acres of land compared to just 8,550.32 acres by successive Chief Ministers in the 23 years preceding Hooda rule.<ref name=uddar2>[http://www.firstpost.com/politics/hooda-haryana-vadra-scam-huda-2781232.html Hooda’s land largesse for pvt builder ‘clear fraud’, SC restores it to HUDA], [[Firstpost]], 15 May 2016.</ref>

==Details==
===Modus of scam===
Builders coerce farmers to sell their land by getting the government to use the Section 4 of the land law to have a government notification issued to the farmer that their land is required for the ''"public purpose"''. Builders try to acquire this land by offering a small premium above the government's rate for the acquisition of the land. If landowners farmers still resist the sale, then Section 6 of land law is applied by declaring the government's intention to acquire land, which forces the reluctant farmers to sell the land to builders at small premium. Once the land is acquired by the builders, government cancels the acquisition process and releases the land to new build owners, along with the change in land use permission to build residential and industrial building on the farm land. This results in steep rise in the land prices, resulting in massive gains for the builders, opportunity cost loss to the farmers and land tax revenue loss to the government.<ref name=uddar2/> Robert Vadra and DLF were the beneficiary builders in Hooda's regime.<ref name=scam1/>

Vadra made an illegal profit of more than INR50 crore after buying 3 acre land for INR 7 crore and by onselling it to [[DLF (company)|DLF]] for INR 58 crore after a few months after Hooda's [[Indian National Congress]] government had granted a Change in Land Use license to convert its usage from agriculture to commercial.<ref name=vad1/><ref name=vad2/> vadra has bought properties using unsecured loans from DLF.<ref name=vad5>[http://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/all-you-need-to-know-about-the-gandhi-son-in-law-robert-vadras-shady-haryana-land-dea/60119 All you need to know about Robert Vadra's shady Haryana land deal], Times Now, 22 Dec 2017.</ref> After [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) government came to power in Haryana, the ''"Justice Dhingra Commission"'' was formed in 2015 to investigate the scam.<ref name=vad1/><ref name=vad2/> Dhingra Commission indicted Hooda.<ref name=vad1/><ref name=vad3>[http://indianexpress.com/article/india/bhupinder-singh-hooda-fails-in-bid-to-block-report-on-dhingra-probe-into-land-deals-land-dlf-scam-vadra-4631254/ Bhupinder Singh Hooda fails in bid to block report on Dhingra probe into land deals], [[The Indian Express]], 27 Apr 2017.</ref><ref name=vad4>[http://www.firstpost.com/india/justice-sn-dhingra-panel-report-on-robert-vadras-shady-land-deals-leaked-the-story-so-far-3410418.html Justice SN Dhingra panel report on Robert Vadra's 'shady' land deals leaked: The story so far], [[Firstpost]], 28 Apr 2017.</ref> Dhingra Commission's report states that there was collusion aimed at benefiting Vadra's company Skylight Hospitality, and it sought further inquiry.<ref name=vad2/> Consequently, the case was handed over to CBI for the further investigation.<ref name=vad1/>

===Current status: CBI inquiry===
Case is currently under investigation by the CBI, who has filed 80,000 pages long chargesheet in the court.<ref name=vad1/>

==See also==
* [[Corruption in India]]
* [[National Herald scam]]
* [[Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust#Controversies|Rajiv Gandhi Charitable Trust land grab cases]]
* [[Robert Vadra#Controversies|Robert Vadra land grab cases]]
* [[List of scandals in India|List of scams in India]]

==References==
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