The Income Tax (I-T) department today questioned former deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, his sister and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi in the benami properties case against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family.

The questioning comes 48 hours after the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) held a massive rally 'Desh Bachao, BJP Bhagao' in Patna.

Tejashwi, Misa and Rabri were quizzed by a joint team of Income Tax and Enforcement Directorate officials at the I-T office in Patna. Tejashwi was questioned for over 7 hours while Misa and Rabri Devi, who reached the Income Tax office at 2 pm, was questioned for over 5 hours.

Though the I-T officials refused to comment on the questioning of Lalu Prasad's family members, sources confirmed to India Today that all three were called for questioning in connection with the benami properties case against them in land deals worth Rs 1,000 crore. According to sources, Ritu Kumar Sharma and Ashutosh Kumar, both joint commissioners in the I-T department, had flown from Delhi to Patna to assist the investigating officers of the case and take the probe forward.

Sources said that Tejashwi, Misa and Rabri were served notice by the Income Tax department a fortnight back and were called for questioning. However, they had sought time from the officials to be questioned only after the RJD rally was over.

Tejashwi, who was the first to come out of the income tax office after his questioning was over, refused to speak to the media.

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