New twist in Robert Vadra-DLF land deal controversy

Chandigarh,19Dec : The Haryana government has revealed that two crucial pages from the file that pertains to the controversial Robert Vadra-DLF Gurgaon land deal, are missing. The missing pages also contained notings.

The issue came to light after IAS officer Ashok Khemka, who was the director general (Consolidation) when the land deal was cancelled, filed an RTI application seeking a copy of that file.

The file dealt with a three-member panel that was set up by the previous Haryana government of chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, to examine whether Khemka had the rights to cancel the mutation of the deal.

The



committee had later cleared the deal and recommended charges against the IAS officer for misconduct.

Responding to Khemka's RTI application, State Public Information Officer DR Wadhwa said in an affidavit: “The undersigned made many efforts to trace out page no. 1 and 2 of the noting of the official file, but could not trace the pages. Hence, the pages could not be provided to the appellant.”

Following the revelation, Khemka has written to the state Chief Secretary asking him to file an FIR in the matter.

"It is a serious matter and it should be probed...How can the notings suddenly be untraceable," Khemka told PTI today.