The Central agencies on Wednesday summoned former Finance Minister P Chidambaram’s son Karti and RJD chief lalu Prasad’s MP daughter Misa Bharti and her husband in two separate corruption cases.
The CBI issued summon to Karti along with jailed INX media owners Peter Mukherjea and his wife Indrani in the FIPB kickback case.
According to CBI officials, the notices were sent to all the accused named in the FIR including Karti, who is currently in london. Two days after the CBI raid, Karti had flown to london on May 17, along with two directors of his companies. He is believed to be staying in his home in Cambridge.
The IT Department issued summons to Misa and her husband in connection with its probe in `1,000 crore alleged benami land deals and a tax evasion case. They have been asked to appear for questioning in the first week of June.
The development followed the arrest of chartered accountant Rajesh Kumar Agrawal by the Enforcement Directorate on May 22. Agrawal is alleged to have aided in illegal transactions involving lalu’s kin.
The department had on May 16 searched multiple premises of about two dozen entities connected to this case and seized documents and computer hardware.
They said the summonses to Bharti and Kumar are part of the investigation and their statements will be recorded.