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Misa Bharti's firm named in ED chargesheet

The charge sheet, which was filed in the special court of Naresh Malhotra, runs into 2,000 pages and has around 29 companies named as accused.

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The charge sheet, which was filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a special court on Friday against Rajesh Kumar Agarwal, Misa Bharti's chartered accountant, has named her company Mishal Packers Private Limited along with the directors of Radison Blu Hotel in Dwarka in connection to a Rs 8,000-crore money-laundering case.

The charge sheet, which was filed in the special court of Naresh Malhotra, runs into 2,000 pages and has around 29 companies named as accused.

The charge sheet says, "Agarwal, with the help of Jain brothers and their companies, have converted unaccounted money of the beneficiaries to the tune of Rs 80.94 crore in the year 2008-2009 and Rs 39.21 crore in the year 2009-2010 into apparent legitimate transactions by stay of share subscription, unsecured loans besides other financial years (sic)."

According to Advocate Nitish Rana, the ED's counsel, the directors of Radison Blu Hotel have also been booked as the 'proceeds of crime travelled to that company'.

Stating that there are sufficient records to prove his guilt, the charge sheet has booked Agarwal under sections 120B (punishment for criminal conspiracy), 471 (using a genuine forged document), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and Section 3 of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The investigation has named 50 witnesses to prove the allegations against Agarwal. One of the witnesses, Pawan Malhotra, the director of KMS Finlease Limited, whose name was mentioned in the charge sheet, 'verified the role of Agarwal as a mediator for converting the unaccounted black money into purported legitimate transaction'.

The charge sheet also names various shell companies operated by the Jain brothers involved in money-laundering.

The ED had arrested CA Rajesh Agarwal on March 20 for providing accommodation entries of about Rs 60 lakh to a firm owned by Bharti and her husband. The probe agency suspects the entire racket to be worth about Rs 8,000 crore of slush funds.

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