A couple of days after raiding their establishments, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Misa Bharti, RJD supremo lalu Yadav's daughter and her husband Shailesh Kumar for questioning in a money laundering case. The ED has asked Misa to join the investigation on Tuesday. She has also been asked to bring along certain documents, including those related to her personal finances.
According to ED sources, the agency had asked Shailesh to join the probe on Monday but he did not turn up. So the ED has again asked him to join the probe, sources said.
On July 8, the central probe agency had raided three Delhi premises of Bharti, Shailesh and a firm allegedly linked to them in the money laundering probe involving shell companies. The ED action came a day after the CBI had raided multiple premises of the RJD chief and his family in a corruption case.Officials claimed that during searches various incriminating documents, electronic devices including mobile phones have been recovered and seized.
Investigation by probe agencies has also pointed out that a man identified as Vinay Mittal has played a pivotal role in helping lalu's family to purchase properties not only in Delhi but also in Bihar. Both Income Tax and ED found that Mittal introduced lalu's son-in-law Shailesh to chartered accountant Rajesh Agarwal, who is already arrested by ED in a money laundering racket. Through an intricate network of shell companies, Agarwal had laundered money into Mishail Packers and Printers Pvt. ltd.
Sources in the agencies said that they are now probing how Shailesh allegedly got the black money or who gave it to him.