Patna: The CBI A charge sheet was filed in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Monday against Deputy CM Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, his father and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and 14 others in the Railways job-for-land scam.
Although this is the second charge sheet, Tejashwi has been made an accused for the first time in this case. The CBI had filed its first charge sheet in October last year against 16 suspects, including Lalu and Rabri.
Officials said the case pertains to Group-D appointments in the West Central Railway which were gifted or transferred by recruiters in the name of family members or associates of Lalu when he was the railway minister between 2004 and 2009. It was in return for the land. Similar recruitment is going on in other railway zones as well and will be part of other chargesheets in future.
Besides Lalu and his relatives, the chargesheet also names a company named AK Infosystems, allegedly linked to Tejashwi, besides the then GM of West Central Railway and two other officials, who were questioned twice by the central agency in the case.
The current probe pertains to allegations of land purchased in the name of a private company in 2007 for Rs 10.83 lakh, along with some other land parcels purchased by AK Infosystems and whose ownership was allegedly transferred in the names of Tejashwi and Rabri I went. Officials said that through shares bought for only Rs 1 lakh. “At the time of transfer, the company was allegedly the owner of the land parcel purchased at a total cost of Rs 1.77 crore and was transferred for only Rs 1 lakh,” a CBI spokesperson was quoted as saying.
During the CBI searches after registering the FIR on May 18, 2022, it claimed that it had found a hard disk from Rabri’s 10 Circular Road residence in Patna, which had a list of candidates who had joined the Railways during his tenure Had happened Lalu became the railway minister.
The CBI has alleged that Lalu entered into a criminal conspiracy with his family members and associates to grab land from various people, who later aspired to get Group D jobs in the Railways as an ‘alternative’ to be regularised. Were.
RJD blames BJP for Tejashwi’s charge sheet
The agency alleged that the payment for the land parcel was shown to be made mostly in cash. The CBI also alleged that a 1.05 lakh sq ft plot in Patna was acquired by Lalu’s family members by paying vendors in cash.
RJD leaders have blamed the BJP government at the Center for this action. Party’s state spokesperson Chittaranjan Gagan said that seeing the progress of opposition unity, BJP leaders are getting nervous and are falling to the lowest level in politics by misusing ED, CBI and Income Tax Department. Gagan said, “From the day the Grand Alliance government was formed in Bihar last year, Tejashwi ji was on the BJP’s radar.” JDU’s chief spokesperson KC Tyagi said the charge sheet was the result of a meeting of non-BJP leaders convened in Patna on June 23.
“PM, Home Minister and BJP National President had made several statements on corruption and dynasty politics after the meeting of opposition parties in Bihar. But their real face is that NCP leaders who were named by ED in corruption cases have been made ministers in Maharashtra. The BJP either polarises votes on communal lines or harasses its rivals by misusing central agencies.
Congress Legislature Party leader in the state assembly Shakeel Ahmed Khan termed the CBI action as the result of the June 23 meeting. But BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi said that the inclusion of Tejashwi’s name in the second charge sheet has nothing to do with the meeting of opposition parties, as the charge sheet against Lalu and Rabri has been filed long back. He said that JDU national president Lalan Singh had made available all the documents related to this scam to the then PM Mammohan Singh.
Although this is the second charge sheet, Tejashwi has been made an accused for the first time in this case. The CBI had filed its first charge sheet in October last year against 16 suspects, including Lalu and Rabri.
Officials said the case pertains to Group-D appointments in the West Central Railway which were gifted or transferred by recruiters in the name of family members or associates of Lalu when he was the railway minister between 2004 and 2009. It was in return for the land. Similar recruitment is going on in other railway zones as well and will be part of other chargesheets in future.
Besides Lalu and his relatives, the chargesheet also names a company named AK Infosystems, allegedly linked to Tejashwi, besides the then GM of West Central Railway and two other officials, who were questioned twice by the central agency in the case.
The current probe pertains to allegations of land purchased in the name of a private company in 2007 for Rs 10.83 lakh, along with some other land parcels purchased by AK Infosystems and whose ownership was allegedly transferred in the names of Tejashwi and Rabri I went. Officials said that through shares bought for only Rs 1 lakh. “At the time of transfer, the company was allegedly the owner of the land parcel purchased at a total cost of Rs 1.77 crore and was transferred for only Rs 1 lakh,” a CBI spokesperson was quoted as saying.
During the CBI searches after registering the FIR on May 18, 2022, it claimed that it had found a hard disk from Rabri’s 10 Circular Road residence in Patna, which had a list of candidates who had joined the Railways during his tenure Had happened Lalu became the railway minister.
The CBI has alleged that Lalu entered into a criminal conspiracy with his family members and associates to grab land from various people, who later aspired to get Group D jobs in the Railways as an ‘alternative’ to be regularised. Were.
RJD blames BJP for Tejashwi’s charge sheet
The agency alleged that the payment for the land parcel was shown to be made mostly in cash. The CBI also alleged that a 1.05 lakh sq ft plot in Patna was acquired by Lalu’s family members by paying vendors in cash.
RJD leaders have blamed the BJP government at the Center for this action. Party’s state spokesperson Chittaranjan Gagan said that seeing the progress of opposition unity, BJP leaders are getting nervous and are falling to the lowest level in politics by misusing ED, CBI and Income Tax Department. Gagan said, “From the day the Grand Alliance government was formed in Bihar last year, Tejashwi ji was on the BJP’s radar.” JDU’s chief spokesperson KC Tyagi said the charge sheet was the result of a meeting of non-BJP leaders convened in Patna on June 23.
“PM, Home Minister and BJP National President had made several statements on corruption and dynasty politics after the meeting of opposition parties in Bihar. But their real face is that NCP leaders who were named by ED in corruption cases have been made ministers in Maharashtra. The BJP either polarises votes on communal lines or harasses its rivals by misusing central agencies.
Congress Legislature Party leader in the state assembly Shakeel Ahmed Khan termed the CBI action as the result of the June 23 meeting. But BJP’s Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Modi said that the inclusion of Tejashwi’s name in the second charge sheet has nothing to do with the meeting of opposition parties, as the charge sheet against Lalu and Rabri has been filed long back. He said that JDU national president Lalan Singh had made available all the documents related to this scam to the then PM Mammohan Singh.