The Enforcement Directorate on December 22 said it has detained two persons, including a correlate of Mahesh Nagar, the authorized representative of Skylight Hospitality, in links with the Bikaner 1,422-bigha land scam case.

Skylight Hospitality, a company associated to Robert Vadra, had bought 69.55 hectares of land for ₹72 lakh and sold it to Allegeny Finlease for ₹5.15 crore, making a huge profit of ₹4.43 crore, informed the agency in a statement.

Those arrested have been recognized as Jaiprakash Bagarwa and Ashok Kumar. According to the agency, Mr. Kumar was used as a conduit by Mr. Nagar, who allegedly knew the “fraudulent nature” of the land in question.

Both Vadra and the company have deprived of any illegal behavior and alleged that they were themselves cheated. “Skylight Hospitality Private Limited or Shri Robert Vadra are sufferers of the original unlawful allotments, fraud and consequential sale of said land to them in Kolayat, District Bikaner,” a legal representative of Vadra had earlier said.

The ED on December 22 said Allegeny Finlease as a company was not concerned in any real business activity and many of its shareholders were found to be fake or non-existent throughout inquiry.

Citing that the agency has got important leads while looking into the case, it stated the two arrested accused would be produced before a court.