Rabri Devi, the wife of RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad, failed to appear in the case for the third time after which the central probe agency asked her to appear on October 16, they said.
It was not clear if she furnished any reason for her absence today.
Tejashwi Yadav, a former deputy chief minister of Bihar, was grilled for about nine hours by the ED yesterday in the matter and it has now summoned him again for questioning tomorrow, official sources said.
In July, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registeredthe criminal FIR (first information report) and conducted multiple searches against Lalu Prasad, who is also a former Bihar chief minister, and others.
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The ED hadregistered a criminal case against the Lalu Prasad's family members and others under the PMLA sometime back, based on the CBI FIR.
The CBI has also recently recorded the statement of Tejashwi Yadav and Lalu Prasad in this case.
The ED will investigate the alleged "proceeds of crime" generated by the accused, purportedly through shell companies, officials had said.
Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav and others will be probed by the agency under charges filed in the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), the ED equivalent of a police FIR.
Others named in the CBI FIR include Vijay Kochhar, Vinay Kochhar (both directors of Sujata Hotels), Delight Marketing company, now known as Lara Projects, and the then IRCTC managing director P K Goel.
The ED, under the PMLA, has powers to attach and confiscate tainted assets and it is expected that the agency will initiate such a move once it makes progress in the case.
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