December 23, 2017 12:59 PM

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ED files charge sheet against Misa Bharti, her husband & others in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate, ED today filed charge sheet against RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti, her husband and others in a money laundering case. Agency counsel Nitesh Rana filed the charge sheet before the court of Special Judge N K Malhotra.<br/><br/>The probe agency had earlier attached a Delhi farmhouse in connection with its money laundering probe against Misa and her husband, Shailesh Kumar. The farmhouse, located at 26, Palam Farms in south Delhi's Bijwasan area was attached provisionally under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). <br/><br/>It belongs to Misa and Kumar and is held in the name of Ms Mishail Packers and Printers Private Limited, the central probe agency said. The ED alleged, it was purchased using 1.2 crore rupees involved in money laundering in the year 2008-09.<br/><br/>The agency had also conducted raids at this location and few others in July as part of its probe against two brothers, Surendra Kumar Jain and Virendra Jain, and others who have been alleged to have laundered several crore rupees using shell companies.<br/><br/>The Jain brothers were arrested by the ED under the PMLA. Misa and her husband were the directors of one of the firms that the Jain duo dealt with. It had also arrested Misa Bharti's chartered accountant, Rajesh Agrawal in a related case.

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