Robert Vadra land case: Probe panel summons ex-Haryana CM Bhupinder Singh Hooda

GURGAON: Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was on Wednesday summoned by an inquiry commission for his statements in an investigation into the grant of commercial land licenses to several private companies, including Skylight Hospitality, promoted by Robert Vadra, Congress President Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law.

The Justice SN Dhingra Commission of Inquiry, set up in 2015, has asked Hooda to appear before it by March 23 to record his statements.

Last month, the Commission summoned Haryana chief secretary Deepinder Singh Dhesi and officials of the private firms for recording of statement.

The commission has earlier examined retired IAS officer and member of Union Public Service Commission Chattar Singh, who was the principal secretary in Hooda's CMO.

Singh handled files of the town and country planning department in the chief minister's office.

After being set up by the BJP government in May 2015, the scope of the commission's inquiry was widened on Justice Dhingra's advice.