Income Tax (I-T) slaps benami transactions charges against Lalu family

New Delhi, Jun 20 The I-T Department has charged relatives of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, including his significant other, child and little girls, under the Benami Transactions Act regarding its test into arrive bargains worth Rs 1,000 crore and tax avoidance.

The Income Tax (I-T) Department has served notification of connection of advantages for Lalu's girl Misa Bharti and her significant other Shailesh Kumar, his better half and previous Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, child and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and little girls Chanda and Ragini Yadav.

The attachment notice, gotten to by PTI, has been issued under Section 24(3) of the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act and Lalu's kinfolk have been distinguished as "recipients" of the benami assets.

The department has appended unfaltering resources, for example, land, plots and structures in Delhi and Patna which bear a "deed" estimation of Rs 9.32 crore yet the taxman has evaluated their present market an incentive at Rs 170-180 crore.

An total of nine plots in Phulwari Sharif in Patna, where a shopping center is accounted for to have been coming up, has additionally been joined by the assessment division.

The department had completed nation wide pursuits for this situation a month ago.

Benami properties are those in which the genuine recipient is not the one in whose name the property has been obtained.

Violation of the Act conveys thorough detainment of up to seven years and a robust fine.

The 1988 Act was executed by the Union government from November 1, a year ago.

Tax department officials had said Prasad's family held a portion of the properties under their scanner in a "benami" way.

The RJD chief, be that as it may, had looked to set up an overcome confront after the attacks, saying he was "not terrified by any means" and would keep on fighting against "fascist forces".

"BJP mein himmat nahi hai ki Lalu ki awaz ko daba sake...

Lalu ki awaz dabayenge to desh bhar me karoron Lalu khare ho jayenge... Main gidarbhabhki se nahi darne wala hoon (BJP does not have the strength to stifle my voice...

In the event that it tries to quiet one Lalu, crore of Lalu will come forward. I am not scared of empty threats)," he had said in a progression of tweets after the search operation.

The BJP had likewise charged Prasad, Bharti and his two children Tejashwi and Tej Pratap, both ministers in the Bihar government, of contribution in corrupt land deals worth over Rs 1,000 crore, and asked central government to probe one such transaction in Delhi.