Patna,(BiharTimes): ‘Benami’ properties of Rashtriya Janata Party’s Rajya Sabha MP, Misa Bharati, her husband Sailesh Kumar and Bihar deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav were seized by the Income Tax Department on Monday.
According to reports a house and a land in Delhi have been attached after the department issued a provisional order under the Benami Transactions Act, 1988, that came into effect on November 1 last year.
As reported the I-T department had last month conducted raids and surveys at about 22 locations in Delhi and adjoining areas in connection with alleged benami deals of Rs 1,000 crore by people related to RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s family.
More such attachment can not be ruled out.
Misa and Sailesh had, a few days back, skipped I-T summons. A chartered accountant, Rajesh Kumar Agrawal, allegedly linked to Misa and others, was also arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on May 22. He is alleged to have aided them in illegal transactions.
Misa and her husband allegedly 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.
The action comes in the wake of the May 16 searches at 22 places in and around Delhi in connection with alleged benami (proxy) property deals involving Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and his children -- Tejashwi Yadav, Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav and Misa Bharti.
Besides Lalu Prasad's residence, IT department officials also carried out searches at the residence of party MP P.C. Gupta as well as several businessmen and real estate agents in Delhi and Haryana's Gurugram and Rewari, in the wake of allegations by senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Sushil Kumar Modi, who alleged their involvement in corrupt land deals.
