New Delhi, June 6: The Income Tax Department has issued fresh summons to RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s MP daughter Misa Bharti in connection with its probe in the Rs 1,000 crore alleged benami land deals and tax evasion case.
Bharti was supposed to appear before the investigating officer (IO) of the case Tuesday, but officials said she failed to keep the date. She has now been asked to appear before the IO June 12, officials said.
It is understood that a lawyer representing the Rajya Sabha MP wanted to depose before the IO but the summons required her to appear in person.
Bharti’s husband Shailesh Kumar has been summoned in the same case by the department for Wednesday.
The department wants to question the couple to take the probe further in this case, where the taxman had conducted multiple searches last month. A chartered accountant, Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, allegedly linked to Bharti and others was also arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) May 22.
Agrawal is alleged to have aided in llegal transactions involving Lalu’s kin. Officials had said that the summonses to Bharti and Kumar are part of the investigation in the case and their statements will be recorded.
The couple is 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. IANS
