A designated PMLA authority has held that a Delhi farmhouse , attached by the ED in the name of RJD chief Lalu Prasad 's daughter Misha Bharti and her husband, is "involved" in money laundering and ordered that the attachment of the asset should continue.The central probe agency had provisionally attached the immovable asset, located on a 12-bigha land in south Delhi's Bijwasan area, in September last year under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). "Considering the material (filed) in the original complaint (by the Enforcement Directorate)...I find the property provisionally attached is involved in money laundering. "The company, Mishail Packers and Printers, was registered at the address 25, Tuglak Road, New Delhi till the shares were bought by Misha Bharti. "It was only during the year 2009-10 that the address was changed to farm no 26 Palam Farms, VPO Bijwasan, New Delhi. Bharti and Kumar were the directors of the company during the relevant period," the ED had claimed.The couple have been interrogated and their statements recorded by the ED.The agency said the Jain brothers, accountant Agrawal and the daughter and the son-in-law of the former Bihar chief minister were the "key persons behind the money laundering of Rs 1.20 crore".The ED had also conducted raids at the farm house and few other locations linked to Misha Bharti, her husband and others in July last year.The accused can appeal against this order, issued by the authority, before the Appellate Tribunal of the Act.

Source: Economic Times February 25, 2018 09:22 UTC