The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday informed a Delhi court that it might file a supplementary complaint against RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti and her husband in a money laundering case.
Counsel for the Directorate submitted before Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj that it had attached new properties in connection with the case.
The couple is on bail in the case. Ms. Bharti, who is a Rajya Sabha MP, and her husband Shailesh Kumar were granted bail on March 5 after they appeared before the court in pursuance to summons issued against them. The couple’s firm Mishail Packers And Printers Private Limited is also an accused in the case.
The probe agency had earlier attached a farm house in south Delhi’s Bijwasan belonging to the two accused and held in the name of the firm during probe into the case. The ED alleged that the farm house was purchased from the proceeds of the crime during 2008-09.
The probe agency had also conducted raids at the farm house and other places while probing allegations against brothers Surendra Kumar Jain and Virendra Jain, and others who are alleged to have laundered money worth several crores using shell companies.
Mishail Packers And Printers Private Limited was one of the companies with which the Jain brothers dealt with.
The Directorate had also arrested chartered accountant Rajesh Agrawal, who allegedly mediated and provided ₹90 lakh to the Jain brothers in advance to invest in Mishail Packers and Printers Private Limited as share premium. He is now on bail.
The probe agency alleged that the Jain brothers, Mr. Agrawal, Ms. Bharti and her husband were the key persons behind laundering of ₹1.2 crore.
Mishail Packers and Printers Private Limited was registered at 25 Tuglak Road in the Capital till the shares were bought by Ms. Bharti.
It was only during 2009-10 that the address was changed to 26 Palam Farms, VPO Bijwasan, New Delhi. Ms. Bharti and Mr. Kumar were directors of the company during the relevant period, the ED further alleged.