Bihar Land-For-Jobs Case: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has alleged {that a} former worker of the ‘gaushala’ owned by RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s spouse Rabri Devi acquired property from a railway job aspirant and subsequently transferred it to the ex-Bihar chief minister’s daughter, Hema Yadav, information company PTI reported. The ED is at the moment investigating the land-for-jobs case, which implicates a number of members of Lalu Prasad’s household.
Based on the chargesheet filed by the ED earlier this month earlier than a Delhi court docket, Lalu Prasad’s members of the family Rabri Devi and her daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav have been named as accused, alongside others, PTI reported. The central company has additionally recognized Amit Katyal, an alleged shut affiliate of Lalu Prasad and his household, Hridayanand Chaudhary, an alleged beneficiary of the rip-off and former ‘gaushala’ worker, and two corporations—A Okay Infosystems Pvt. Ltd. and A B Exports Pvt. Ltd.—as a part of the investigation, PTI’s report talked about.
The chargesheet alleges that these people and firms had been concerned in illicit transactions associated to the land-for-jobs case. The Delhi court docket acknowledged the chargesheet final week, issuing notices to the accused to look on February 9 for the graduation of the trial underneath the Prevention of Cash Laundering Act (PMLA), the report said.
Amit Katyal, who was arrested by the ED in November final 12 months for allegedly helping Lalu Prasad and his household in cash laundering, is at the moment in judicial custody. The ED carried out questioning and recorded the assertion of Lalu Prasad, 75, at its Patna workplace on Monday as a part of the continuing probe.
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Tejashwi Yadav To Seem Earlier than ED On Tuesday
Lalu Prasad’s son and former Bihar deputy chief minister, Tejashwi Yadav, is scheduled to be questioned on Tuesday in Patna in reference to the case, PTI reported.
The investigation revolves round allegations that Lalu Prasad, throughout his tenure because the railway minister within the UPA-1 authorities on the Centre, engaged in corruption for the appointment of Group-D substitutes within the Indian Railways between 2004 and 2009. The candidates had been allegedly coerced into transferring land as bribes in trade for jobs within the railways, as per a CBI FIR and the chargesheet filed by the ED, the report said.
The ED contends that members of the family of Lalu Prasad—Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, Hema Yadav—acquired land parcels from households of chosen candidates for nominal quantities. Hridayanand Chaudhary, one other accused, allegedly acquired property from one of many candidates and later transferred it to Hema Yadav.
The ED additional claims that A Okay Infosystems Pvt. Ltd. and A B Exports Pvt. Ltd. had been shell corporations used to obtain proceeds of crime for Lalu Prasad’s household. Immovable properties had been purportedly acquired in these corporations by means of entrance males, and shares had been later transferred to members of the family of Lalu Prasad for nominal quantities.
An announcement from the ED indicated that Amit Katyal managed these corporations on behalf of Lalu Prasad and his members of the family.