Chartered Accountant Linked To Lalu Yadav's Daughter Misa Bharti Arrested For Money Laundering

A chartered accountant allegedly linked to RJD chief Lalu Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti has been arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday.

Officials said the arrest was made in context of Mr Rajesh Aggarwal's alleged role in an 8,000 crore money laundering case being probed by the central government's financial crimes team, not his dealings with Misa Bharti, a Rajya Sabha member.

In this case, the directorate had recently filed charges against Surendra Kumar Jain and Virendra Jain, two entry operators who have been accused of creating shell companies, firms that do not really carry any legitimate business activity but exist on paper to whitewash black money. The Jain brothers were arrested in March.

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