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Lalu’s kin summoned in shady land case

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The Income Tax Department has issued summonses to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s MP daughter Misa Bharti and her husband, Shailesh Kumar, in connection with its probe into alleged benami land deals worth Rs10 billion (Dh567 million), and a tax evasion case.

The developmen­t followed the arrest of chartered acountant Rajesh Kumar Agrawal by the Enforcemen­t Directorat­e on Monday. Agrawal is alleged to have aided in llegal transactio­ns involving Lalu’s kin.

Officials said the department has asked Bharti, a Rajya Sabha member, and Kumar to appear before the investigat­ing officer (IO) here in the first week of June. The department had on May 16 searched multiple premises of about two dozen entities connected to the case and seized documents and computer hardware.

They said the summonses to the couple are part of the investigat­ion and their statements will be recorded. The couple are alleged to have links with a firm — Ms Mishail Packers and Printers Private Limited — which is suspected to have entered into benami deals for purchase of a farm house in Delhi’s Bijwasan area.

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