ED files chargesheet against Misa Bharti in money laundering case

New Delhi Dec 23 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday filed a chargesheet against Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) MP Misa Bharti in an alleged Rs 8 000 crore money laundering case.

The agency filed the chargesheet before Special Judge Naresh Kumar Malhotra at Patiala House Court. The judge has listed the matter for consideration in the first week of January.

The chargesheet against Bharti the eldest daughter of RJD chief Lalu Prasad is under under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act an ED official said.

The ED in July had also filed a supplementary chargesheet against Bharti s chartered accountant Rajesh Agrawal in connection with the case in which it named around 35 accused including businessmen brothers Surendra Jain and Virendra Jain and some companies.

Agrawal was accused of converting black money into legal source of income through dubious transactions with the help of Surendra Kumar Jain and his brother Virendra Jain -- known as Jain brothers.

The ED arrested the Jain brothers on March 20. In May the ED filed its first chargesheeet in the case and thereafter arrested Agrawal on May 22. Agrawal has also been accused of helping Bharti s husband s company Mishail Packers and Printers Pvt Ltd "with some transactions".

Earlier this month the ED also questioned Bharti here in connection with the case and also raided three premises in Delhi belonging to Bharti and her husband including the farmhouses located in the high-class localities of Ghitorni Bijwasan and Sainik Farms.

--IANS
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