Robert Vadra questioned by ED; wife Priyanka says, "I stand my family"

Robert Vadra was Wednesday questioned by Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering probe into alleged possession of illegal foreign assets, days after his wife Priyanka Gandhi was formally inducted into the Congress party.

In a move seen as sending a political message ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Priyanka, sister of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, accompanied her husband in a white Toyota Land Cruiser along with SPG personnel in tow, and dropped him outside the agency's office in Jamnagar House in central Delhi.

Shortly after, Priyanka assumed charge as AICC general secretary in-charge of Uttar Pradesh East.

"I stand by my family," said Priyanka in response to a query about her husband being questioned by the ED.

It is for the the first time that Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, is appearing before any probe agency in connection with alleged criminal charges of dubious financial dealings
Vadra has denied allegations of possessing illegal foreign assets and termed them a political witch hunt against him. Vadra has alleged he was being "hounded and harassed" to subserve political ends. ?