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The central government has given permission to the CBI to prosecute former Bihar railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. CBI has given this information to the Avenue Rosa court.
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Earlier on September 18, the Rosa Avenue court had issued summons to former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and other accused in the money laundering case. For the first time, the court has also issued summons to Lalu’s elder son Tej Pratap, Akhileshwar Singh and his wife Kiran Devi in ​​this case.
The court also said that the involvement of Tej Pratap Yadav cannot be denied. He was also a director of AK Infosys Limited.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a supplementary chargesheet against 11 accused on August 6. Of these, 4 died. In this Lalan Chaudhary, Hazari Rai, Dharmendra Kumar, Akhileshwar Singh, Ravinder Kumar, late. Lal Babu Rai, Sonmatiya Devi, late. Kishun Dev Rai and Sanjay Rai are included.
Lalan Chaudhary’s wife also presented in court the post-mortem report related to her husband’s death. The court ordered the submission of the death certificate.
The next hearing in this case will now take place on October 7. Everyone will have to appear in court.
Kiran Devi is the mother of a candidate who got a job in the railways.
Kiran Devi, to whom the court has issued a summons, is a resident of Patna. Kiran Devi sold her 80,905 sq ft land to Lalu Yadav’s daughter Miza Bharti for just 3.70 lacs in November 2007. Then in 2008, Kiran Devi’s son Abhishek Kumar got a job in Mumbai Central.
Amit Katiel was granted permanent bail by the Delhi High Court.
RJD chief Lalu Yadav’s close aide Amit Katil has been granted regular bail by the Delhi High Court in the ‘Land for Duty’ case. Judge Nina Bansal Krishna’s judgment said that “the accused continuously joins the investigation and has not tried to evade the summons issued for the investigation at any stage. Considering the facts, there is no possibility of the accused escaping, the accused is in judicial custody as of November 10, 2023 and the trial in the case may last a long time.” Such, no purpose would be served by keeping the accused in prison.
In this case, 96 new documents were also presented by the investigating agency on August 13. ED has already filed chargesheet against other accused including former Bihar Chief Minister Ravi Devi, daughter Miza Bharti and daughter Hema.
Lalu-Tejashwi was interrogated in January 2024
In the ‘Land for Jobs’ case, ED’s Delhi and Patna team members interrogated Lalu and Tejasho for more than 10 hours in January 2024. ED interrogated Lalu Yadav for 10 hours on 29 January.
According to ED sources, more than 50 questions were asked to Lalu Prasad. He mostly answered yes or no. Lalu also traveled to Jahala several times during the investigation. Tejashui was interrogated for about 10-11 hours on January 30.
Know the whole story of the land deal for Job in 7 points
Transaction 1:CBI in its initial investigation found that on February 6, 2008 Kishon Dev Rai of Patna transferred his land in the name of Ravi Devi at a very low price. That means 3,375 square feet of land was sold to Rabi Devi for only 3.75 lacs. Also, in the same year, three family members Raj Kumar Singh, Mithilesh Kumar and Ajay Kumar got job in Group D post in Mumbai Central.
Transaction 2: In February 2008, Sanjay Rai of Mahubaj, Patna also sold 3,375 square feet of land to Rabi Devi for just Rs 3.75 lakh. CBI found in its investigation that apart from Sanjay Rai, two other family members got jobs in Railways.
Transaction 3: Kiran Devi, a resident of Patna, sold her 80,905 square feet land to Lalu Yadav’s daughter Miza Bharti for just Rs 3.70 lakh in November 2007. Subsequently, in 2008, Kiran Devi’s son Abhishek Kumar got a job in central Mumbai.
Transaction 4: In February 2007, Patna resident Hazari Rai sold his 9,527 square feet land to Delhi-based company AK Infosystem Private Limited for Rs 10.83 lakh. Later, Hazari Rai’s two nephews, Dilchand Kumar and Prem Chand Kumar, got jobs in West-Central Railway Jabalpur and South-Eastern Railway Kolkata.
CBI found that all the rights and assets of AK Infosystem were given to Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter and wife in 2014. Rabri Devi acquired majority shares of the company in 2014 and later became the director of the company.
Transaction 5: Patna resident Lal Babu Rai transferred his 1,360 square feet land in the name of Rabri Devi for just Rs 13 lakh in May 2015. When CBI investigated, it was found that Lal Chand Kumar, son of Lal Babu Rai, got a job in North -Western Railway, Jaipur in 2006.
Transaction 6: In March 2008, Brij Nandan Rai sold his 3,375 square feet land to Gopalganj resident Hridayanand Chaudhary for Rs 4.21 lakh. Hridayanand Chaudhary got a job in the East-Central Railway in Hajipur in 2005. In 2014, Hridayanand Chaudhary transferred this land to Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Hema through a gift deed.
When the CBI investigated, it found that Hridayanand Chaudhary and Lalu Prasad Yadav are not even distant relatives. Also, the value of the gifted land was Rs 62 lakh as per the circle rate at that time.
Transaction 7: Vishon Dev Rai gave his 3,375 square feet land to Siwan resident Lalan Chaudhary in March 2008. Lalan’s grandson Pintu Kumar got a job in Western Railway Mumbai in 2008. Later, Lalan Chaudhary gave this land to Hama Yadav in February 2014.
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