IT department attaches Lalu Yadav’s family properties in money laundering probe

The income tax (IT) department on Monday attached yet another Delhi-based property belonging to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son Tejashwi Yadav in the benami assets case.

An IT officer confirmed that a New Friends Colony house was attached under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act.

The department also issued a final attachment order against Misa Bharti and her husband Shailesh Kumar. Attached properties include a house in Delhi’s New Friends Colony, a farm house in Bijwasan area and nine plots in Jalalpur area of Patna.

In June 2017, the IT department served notices of asset attachment to Lalu, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav, daughters Chanda, Ragini Yadav and Misa Bharti, and son-in-law Shailesh Kumar.

The department attached about over 12 plots and buildings based in Delhi and Bihar. The department has said these alleged benami assets bear a “deed” value of about Rs 9.32 crore. But the combined market value of all these properties were estimated at over Rs 170 crore.