New Delhi: Justice SN Dhingra on Thursday evening sought six weeks more time to probe alleged benami land deals involving Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's son-in-law Robert Vadra, a day before he was to submit the report to the Haryana government.
Dhingra wrote to Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said he needed more time to complete the probe as new documents - like sale deeds, documents pertaining to benami transactions - were given to him at the last hour.
Dhingra told CNN-News18 that the documents were given to him by a "private person." His letter to Khattar requesting an extension too did not name the person.
"Looking at the documents I am of the opinion that the documents need to be studied and examined in detail. I would tereby require more time to study documents," Dhingra's e-mail to the CM read.
Dhingra also said that if no extension was granted he would submit the report "äs it is" without examining the new documents.
This comes at a time the Dhingra Commission was facing criticism for not summoning Vadra or Ashok Khemka , the senior bureaucrat who tried to cancel the deal.
It is now likely that the panel may once again call witnesses to probe further into the allegations against Vadra.
The commission was set up by the Khattar government in May last year to probe issues over the grant of license(s) for developing commercial colonies by the Department of Town and Country Planning to some entities in Sector 83, Gurgaon.
The Commission, headed by the former judge, was to probe transfer or disposal of land, allegations of private enrichment, ineligibility of beneficiaries under the rules, and other connected matters, bringing Vadra land deal under the scanner.
It was asked to submit its report within six months from the date of its first sitting.
BJP had made the land deals under the previous Congress government in Haryana a major poll issue during the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, alleging rules were relaxed to favour a few including Vadra.
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