The Income Tax Department on Tuesday fined RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti Rs.10,000 for not appearing before it…
Misa Bharti (PHOTO: IANS)
The Income Tax Department on Tuesday fined RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti Rs.10,000 for not appearing before it and issued show-cause notice to her in the alleged benami property deals case.
Bharti was on May 24 summoned by the IT department to appear before it on June 6. But she failed to appear. Her husband Shailesh Kumar has also been summoned to depose on June 7.
Earlier, the IT Department had on May 16 raided 22 places in and around Delhi in connection with alleged benami property deals involving Lalu Prasad and his children – Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav and Misa Bharti.
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Misa's chartered accountant Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, allegedly linked to Bharti and others, was also arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on May 22.
Misa and her husband 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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