The alleged scam pertains to the period when Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government
Several family members of Lalu have been questioned so far. Pic/X
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday filed its first charge sheet in the railways land-for-jobs linked money laundering case, naming former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and her MP daughter Misa Bharti among others, official sources said.
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RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s another daughter Hema Yadav, 40, an alleged “close associate” of the Yadav family Amit Katyal, 49, railway employee and alleged beneficiary Hridayanand Chaudhary, two firms A K Infosystems Pvt. Ltd. and A B Exports Pvt. Ltd., through their common director Shariqul Bari, have also been named in the charge sheet.
Lalu was summoned by ED but is yet to depose. Pic/Ashish Raje
The complaint arraying a total of seven accused has been filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi and the court has listed the matter to be heard on January 16, the sources said.
Katyal was arrested in this case by the ED in November last year while Lalu Prasad Yadav was summoned by the agency but is yet to depose. However, his son and Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav has deposed once before the agency. He has been asked to appear again before it.
Rabri Devi, 68, RJD Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti, 47, and two other daughters of Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi, Chanda Yadav and Ragini Yadav, have been questioned in this case by the ED. The alleged scam pertains to the period when Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government.
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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