<span style="color: #222222;">The Enforcement Directorate, ED, has conducted searches against three persons linked to Robert Vadra, son-in-law of Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, for allegedly receiving commissions in defence deals and stashing illegal assets abroad. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">This is for the first time that Vadra's associates have been linked to alleged commissions received in defence deals by the ED. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The raids, that began around 12 noon yesterday, were carried out at multiple premises in Delhi-NCR and Bengaluru. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The ED, however, did not disclose the names of the people whose premises were searched or the defence deal under their scanner stating that the search action was ongoing. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Congress has accused the government of indulging in vendetta sensing defeat in state polls.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Mr Vadra's lawyer Suman Khetan alleged that the ED officers did not show any search warrant and said premises of his client have been raided in a brazen affront to the rule of law and to the Constitution. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The raids come three days after the CBI extradited Christian James Michel, the alleged middleman in 3,700 crore rupees Agusta Westland VVIP chopper deal.</span><br />''  <br />