More trouble for Lalu’s family, ED charge sheet against Rabri Devi, daughters in land-for-jobs scam
On Tuesday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed its first charge sheet in the railways land-for-jobs linked money laundering case, in which it has named former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and her daughter MP Misa Bharti.
The charge sheet has been filed in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court and the court has listed the matter to be heard on January 16.
The scam pertains to the period when Lalu Prasad Yadav was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government.
The ED has mentioned the names of former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, Hima Yadav, Hridyanand Chaudhary along with Amit Katyal, in the charge sheet
Amit Katyal is said to be a close associate of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family. Hema Yadav, Hridayanand Chaudhary, and other companies have also been named in the prosecution complaint.
The money laundering case, filed under the criminal sections of the PMLA, stems from a complaint lodged by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI had filed a charge sheet in this case earlier.
Katyal was arrested in this case by the probe agency in November last year while Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son and Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav were summoned by the agency. They have not yet been deposed.
It is alleged that from 2004 to 2009, several people were appointed to Group “D” positions in various zones of the Indian Railways, and in lieu, these people transferred their land to the family members of the then railway minister Prasad and a linked company named A K Infosystems Private Limited.
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