New Delhi: A day after the CBI conducted multiple searches against RJD leader Lalu Prasad and his family, the ED on Saturday raided three farmhouses in Delhi belonging to his daughter Misa Bharti, his son-in-law and the third registered in the name of M/s Mishail Printers and Packers Private Limited located in posh localities of Ghitorni, Bijwasan and Sainik Farms in a money laundering case.
During the searches, the agency said, “incriminating” documents, electronic devices, including phones, have been seized. Sources said both Bharti and Shailesh were questioned about certain documents recovered during the raids. They, however, said that this was just a brief interaction and detailed questioning will be conducted after they are served official summonses.
The searches are connected to a Rs 8,000 crore money laundering probe being conducted by the agency against two Delhi-based businessmen brothers namely Surendra Kumar Jain and Virendra Jain, and others who are alleged to have laundered several crore rupees using over 90 shell companies.
The Jain brothers were arrested by the Enforcement Directorate earlier under provisions of the PMLA. One of the firms that the arrested duo dealt with was M/s Mishail Printers and Packers Private Limited.
Bharti and her husband are alleged to have been directors of this firm in the past.
The agency said it was detected that 1,20,000 shares of M/s Mishail Printers and Packers Private Limited were bought during 2007-08 at '100 per share by four shell companies — M/s Shalini Holdings Limited, M/s Ad-Fin Capital Services (India) Pvt. Ltd, M/s Mani Mala Delhi Properties Pvt. Ltd, and M/s Diamond Vinimay Pvt. Ltd.
