The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a fresh chargesheet against businessman Robert Vadra in connection with a money laundering case linked to UK-based arms consultant Sanjay Bhandari. This marks the second chargesheet against Vadra in this particular case. The chargesheet was filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi. The court is scheduled to consider the chargesheet on December 6, 2025.

The ED's investigation revolves around Bhandari's alleged links with Vadra, specifically concerning a house located in London. The agency has been investigating whether funds generated through questionable financial transactions were routed through offshore entities of Bhandari.

According to the ED, Bhandari acquired a house at 12, Bryanston Square in London in 2009 and had it renovated based on Vadra's directions, with Vadra allegedly providing the funds for the renovation. The agency alleges that Vadra used this property while it was held in "benami" names, and that evidence indicates the property acquired by Bhandari was beneficially used by Vadra for his personal use. The ED claims that Vadra was questioned and confronted with evidence gathered from other countries, but he did not provide any satisfactory response.

Vadra has denied owning any property in London directly or indirectly and has dismissed the charges as a political witch hunt, stating that he is being hounded and harassed to serve political ends. He was granted anticipatory bail in the case in 2019.

The ED filed a criminal case against Bhandari and others under the PMLA in February 2017, taking cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the Income-Tax Department under the anti-black money law of 2015. Bhandari fled to London in 2016 after the Income Tax Department raided his premises in Delhi. A Delhi court declared Bhandari a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEO) in July. However, a UK court has blocked two extradition requests against him, citing potential mistreatment in Indian prisons.

The ED had previously filed a chargesheet in this case in 2023 and has been probing Bhandari's links with Vadra regarding the London house. In July, Vadra was also chargesheeted by the ED in a separate money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in a land deal in Haryana's Shikohpur. Vadra has been questioned by the ED multiple times in connection with the Bhandari-linked case. The Rouse Avenue court will consider the chargesheet against Vadra on December 6.