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NSEL case: Rahul, Priyanka rented out property to Jignesh Shah firm in 2013

Both FTIL and the Congress, however, clarified that this was nothing but a 'routine business transaction'

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Congress President Rahul Gandhi addresses Ekta Parishad's 'Janandolan', in Morena | PTI photo

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Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had rented out their 4.69-acre farmhouse in Delhi to Jignesh Shah's firm Financial Technologies (India) Ltd (FTIL) in 2013 at a monthly rent of Rs 6,70,000 when the then Congress-led UPA government was probing a case of alleged market irregularities involving FTIL-promoted National Spot Exchange Ltd (NSEL), The Indian Express report said.

The rent agreement between FTIL and Rahul and Priyanka, is dated February 1, 2013, almost 10 months after NSEL received a show-cause notice for alleged violation of norms. 

Shah has been facing CBI probes in various cases. Earlier in March