BJP- Smriti Irani accusses Congress- Kapil Sibal in land scam

New Delhi, March 29: The BJP on Thursday accused former Law Minister and Congress leader Kapil Sibal of being involved in a "land scam" claiming that he bought a piece of land in Delhi worth crores for a "very small price" from an accused in a money laundering case.

Referring to a report by a website alleging that Sibal acquired the land by paying just Rs 1 lakh, Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani said Sibal and his wife got the ownership of a company, Grande Castello, from a Piyoosh Goyal, a businessman.

She said some details about Sibal's acquisition of the company and his dealings with Goyal were first published in January by some investigative journalists based in South Africa. Irani also said the UPA government had ordered a probe against Goyal then.