ED grills Lalu’s daughter in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday questioned Chanda Yadav, daughter of former Union Railway Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with its ongoing money laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs scam.
Ministry of Information National Broadcaster to launch a 2 part documentary on India’s glory under Modi Chanda arrived at the ED headquarters earlier in the day and was deposed before the investigators following a summons against her. The agency is to record Chanda’s statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). She is the fourth among nine children of the RJD chief.
This is the third consecutive day when Lalu Yadav’s third child is being questioned by the ED officials in the case. The agency sleuths on Wednesday questioned the RJD chief’s daughter Ragini Yadav. His son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav was also questioned on Tuesday for over eight hours in connection with the case.
Earlier, Lalu Yadav’s daughter and Rajya Sabha Member Misa Bharti were questioned by the Enforcement Directorate officials last month.
In March, the ED claimed unaccounted cash of Rs 1 crore, $1,900, 540 gms gold and 1.5 kg of gold jewellery and other incriminating documents were recovered during the raids conducted at 24 locations in Delhi, Mumbai, Patna and in Ranchi based on specific intelligence inputs.
The ED had said that they detected around Rs 600 crore in “proceeds of crime” which were in the form of immovable properties of Rs 350 crore and transactions of Rs 250 Crore routed through various benamidaars.