Delhi: ED to seize farmhouse owned by Lalu’s daughter Misa Bharti

Bihar: Problem has further escalated for Rashtriya Janta Dal Chief Lalu Yadav’s family, especially for his daughter Misa Bharti and son-in-law Shailesh. As per sources, ED is set to seize a farmhouse located in Delhi’s Bijwasan area which is owned by Misa and her husband. Misa and Shailesh have been accused of buying the farmhouse from money gathered from shell companies. As per an estimate, the current worth of the farmhouse, whose nameplate reads ‘Palam farm’ is close to Rs 50 crore. A company named Mischelle packers and printers had purchased the farmhouse in 2008 for Rs 1 crore 41 lakh, of which 1, 20,000 shares were sold to 4 companies of which one was a Delhi based and second was a Kolkata based company. The Delhi based companies were sold 30,000 shares each. Durinh investigation it was found that the companies who transferred money into Lalu’s and Misa’s account were shell companies in the name of SK Jain and VK Jain. The person who got the money deposited has also been arrested by ED. ED is also likely to reach out for Lalu regarding the same.