The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested the chartered accountant of RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti in connection with an alleged Rs 8,000-crore money laundering case.
An ED said Rajesh Agarwal was arrested from Delhi for alleged money laundering and involvement in the black money racket. Agarwal was allegedly instrumental in providing accommodation entries to many high-profile people to help launder their funds. These included those being probed by the Income Tax Department in the Rs 1,000 crore dubious land deals case allegedly linked to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad's family, they said.
Agarwal was accused of converting black money trough dubious transactions with the help of two bothers S.K. Jain and V.K. Jain. The ED had arrested the Jain brothers on March 20.
At least 90 shell firms were under the ED scanner.
Agarwal has also been accused of helping Bharti's husband's company, Mishail Packers and Printers Pvt Ltd.
The arrest follows the May 16 Income Tax raids at 22 places in and around Delhi in connection with alleged "benami" property deals involving Lalu Prasad and his children—Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav and Misa Bharti, who is also Rajya Sabha MP.
Agarwal will be produced in a Delhi court later in the day.
