New Delhi, July 12: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Wednesday questioned RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s son-in-law Shailesh Kumar as part of its probe into over `8,000 crore money laundering case against him and his wife Misa Bharti.
Kumar reached the ED headquarters in Khan Market around 10 a.m., following the agency’s summons issued against him Wednesday.
The ED had Monday also issued summons against Kumar but he skipped it then.
The ED officials had Tuesday questioned Kumar’s wife and Rajya Sabha member Misa Bharti for over nine hours in the case to find out her role in relation to the Mishail Printers and Packers Private Ltd, her other finances and her links with arrested chartered accountant Rajesh Kumar Agarwal.
Bharti’s questioning was related to the `8,000 crore money laundering probe being conducted by the ED against Delhi-based businessmen brothers — Surendra Kumar Jain and Virendra Jain, and others who were alleged to have laundered several thousand crore rupees, using over 90 shell companies.
The firms of Jain brothers, who were arrested by the ED in March on charges of money laundering, dealt with Mishail Printers and Packers Pvt. Ltd., of which Bharti and her husband are alleged to be directors.
The ED said that during investigation it was found that 120,000 shares of Mishail Printers and Packers Pvt Ltd were bought during 2007-08 at a rate of Rs 100 per share by four shell companies — Shalini Holdings Ltd, Ad-Fin Capital Services (India) Pvt. Ltd, Mani Mala Delhi Properties Pvt. Ltd., and Diamond Vinimay Pvt. Ltd. IANS