ED conducts raid at Misa Bharti's properties

New Delhi, July 8 (IANS):  RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti owned properties were raided by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) at three different places in connection with an over Rs 1,000-crore benami (proxy) land deals case.

"We have conducted raids at three places including Sainik Farms and Bijwasan belonging to Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar," an ED official said.

On May 22, the ED arrested a chartered accountant named Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, allegedly linked to Bharti, from Delhi.

On June 21, Income Tax (IT) officials interrogated Bharti for about five hours in connection with the case.

Bharti's appearance before the IT officials came a day after the ED department attached over 12 properties of her relatives, including husband Shailesh Kumar, brothers Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav under the Benami Transactions Act, 1988.

The IT Department had attached two assets of Lalu Prasad's kin in Delhi and several properties in Bihar after the department has issued a provisional order under the 1988 act, which came into force on November 1, 2016.