In a land for job money laundering case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday issued fresh summons to Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav. The Bihar deputy chief minister has been asked to appear for interrogation on January 5.

This alleged land for job scam took place between 2004 and 2009 when Lalu Yadav was the railway minister during the Congress-led coalition regime. The CBI has alleged that irregular appointments were made in the railways, violating the norms and procedures of Indian Railways for recruitment.

The Central Bureau of Investigation noted that those candidates who got the jobs as substitutes in the railways, either directly or through their family members and relatives sold land to Lalu Yadav’s family members at highly discounted rates. The investigation agency further claimed that the payments for the parcels of the land were mostly shown to be made in cash, while there were instances of transfer of land through gift deeds.

Nonetheless, the Yadav family has denied the allegations, stating the investigations to be the misuse of central agencies by the BJP-led central government. Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav was earlier called to appear on December 22 but he skipped the summons. Tejashwi Yadav has called the Enforcement Directorate notice, a routine affair. 

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Deputy CM’s father Lalu Prasad Yadav has been asked to depose on December 27 in the case at the Enforcement Directorate headquarters in the national capital. 

The aforesaid scam pertains to the period when Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government. It is reported that from 2004 to 2009, several people were handed out Group D category jobs in various railway zones after they transferred land to the family members of the then railway minister Lalu Prasad and a linked company named A K Infosystems Private Limited.

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Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court on Friday issued a summon to former Bihar CM and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in Land for job scam case. The Avenue Court asked Lalu Yadav to appear on October 4 before the court.

There are other accused including former railway officials were too asked to appear before Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court.

Earlier in March this year, the CBI court granted bail to Lalu Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and their daughter Misa Bharti in the purported land-for-jobs scam case.

Lalu Yadav arrived in a wheelchair for his first court appearance after a kidney transplant in Singapore three months ago.

Former Bihar chief ministers, Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi and their children, including their youngest son and current Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav had been accused of receiving land parcels in exchange for jobs during Lalu Yadav’s stint as Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009.

In its chargesheet, the Central Bureau of Investigation had claimed that Lalu made irregular appointments in violation of rules in the Railways and in exchange those employed by the former chief minister sold land to the Yadav family at dirt-cheap rates.

His family have been charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery and corruption. According to a statement by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), the current market value of the land of the Yadav family’s allegedly ill-gotten land is approximated at Rs 200 crore.

Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav earlier moved the Delhi Court to challenge the summons issued by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for questioning in the alleged land-for-jobs scam.

Tejashwi in a petition said notice can only be issued to a person, who is situated within the local jurisdiction of that police station or is within the adjoining police station.

The plea argued that even though he was a resident of Patna, he was being asked to appear for questioning in Delhi, which is in violation of Section 160 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

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Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav was summoned by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the land-for-job scam case on Saturday. The call by the probe agency comes after Deputy Chief Minister’s mother and father Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi was questioned by the CBI recently.

As per the reports, Bihar’s Deputy CM failed to appear before the probe agency on March 4, following which the central agency summoned the Rashtriya Janata Dal leader on Saturday. Yadav was asked to appear before the probe agency in the afternoon.

According to the reports, Yadav is yet to arrive at CBI headquarters in the land for job case. The case is related to the employment given to candidates in return of transfer of land to Lalu Yadav and his family, as well as his close aids.

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and family-associates have been at the receiving end of the heat by the Central agencies in the land for job scam. Recently, CBI reached the residence of former Bihar CM and wife of Lalu Yadav on Monday to question her about the case.

It was reported that probe agency questioned Rabri Devi at her Patna residence and subsequently questioned RJD supremo Lalu Yadav in Delhi. As per the reports, the actions by the CBI also stirred up a political conversation amongst the Opposition parties who slammed the Centre for using the Central Agencies for political benefits.

The Enforcement Directorate had also raided several places in land-for-job case on Friday. As per the reports, The ED recovered Rs 53 lakh in cash whereas 1900 USD has also been recovered from Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughters’ and son’s residence.

8 Opposition parties wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the use of Central Agencies as a political whip against the opposition. The Oppositon parties in their letter slammed the Centre for the use of probe agencies and termed their actions to be a bid of transition democracy to an autocracy.

The letter by Opposition came after the CBI arrested the Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sisodia in the now scrapped liquour policy. The letter was signed by BRS chief and Telangana CM Chandrasekhar Rao, JKNC chief Farooq Abdullah, AITC chief Mamata Banerjee, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann, Bihar Deputy CM and RJD chairperson Tejashwi Yadav and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at several locations in India on Friday concerning the land-for-jobs scam case. The central agency also raided the house of former Bihar Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughters and son. As per the reports, the probe agency has recovered Rs 53 lakh in cash whereas 1900 USD has also been recovered from Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughters’ and son’s house.

It was also reported that 2 kg of gold was also recovered in the raid by the ED. As per the reports, the raids were conducted in Patna, Phulwari Sharif, Delhi-National Capital Region, Ranchi. The concerns whose houses were raided by the probe agency include Lalu Prasad’s daughters Ragini Yadav, Chanda Yadav, and Hema Yadav, as well as Tejashwi Yadav. Others whose residence were searched by the ED are former RJD MLAs Abu Dojana, Amit Katyal, Navdeep Sardana.

Most recently, the Central Bureau of Investigation also questioned the former Chief Minister of Bihar and wife of Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi on Monday. According to the reports, Rabri Devi was questioned for 5 hours by the CBI in the Land for job scam case.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge had also slammed the raids conducted by the central agency at Lalu Yadav’s family residence. Kharge while reacting to the raid by the ED on Friday had claimed that Modi ji has kept ED at the house of Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Yadav.

He further added and said that Bihar’s Deputy CM’s pregnant wife and sisters are being harassed. Kharge also highlighted that Lalu Prasad is old, ill, and slammed even the Modi government for the lack of humanity and empathy.

Kharge, in his attack on the Centre, dubbed the raid by the ED on opposition leaders as a bid to kill democracy.

Land for job scam case

As per the chargesheet, it was alleged that the former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was railway minister at the time as well, had given out appointments to candidates in return for them transferring their land to the former CM and his family. The charge sheet by the probe agency also highlighted inconsistencies during the appointment process, according to reports.

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The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Friday, conducted searches at Delhi home of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in connection with the alleged land for jobs scam, in which the CBI has named his parents and former Bihar chief ministers, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi as prime accused.

As per reports, the ED is currently raiding over 15 locations in the case of alleged money laundering linked to the land for jobs scam involving Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members.

Raids by ED sleuths are also currently being conducted at various locations across multiple cities in Bihar—including at properties owned by some Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) linked leaders— in connection with its ongoing investigation into the purported land for jobs scam.

Reports said the ongoing raids cover raids at the premises of some RJD leaders in Patna and Phulwari Sharif. RJD top brass and former Bihar Chief Ministers, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi were recently grilled by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the case.

The CBI chargesheet has named Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and 14 others in the purported case which allegedly involves people being given employment in the railways in exchange for land parcels parcels gifted or sold at cheap rates to the Yadav family and its associates.

The accused have been charged of criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and have been summoned on March 15. The ED, which probes financial crimes, has filed its case stemming from the same CBI complaint, under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

On March 7, Lalu Yadav, a former railway minister was questioned by the CBI, day after his wife and former Bihar CM Rabri Devi was grilled by the probe agency in the same case.

The CBI case, which names the Yadav couple and their daughters Misa and Hema, among others, is based on allegations that Yadav and his family members bought land at a discount in exchange for jobs while he served as Union Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009.

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After the questioning of former Bihar Chief Rabri Devi, Rashtriya Janata Dal Chief Lalu Yadav is reported to be next in line for questioning by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the land-for-job-scam case. According to reports, RJD chief will appear before the CBI in Delhi for questioning.

As per the reports, the probe agency sent a notice to Lalu Yadav a few days ago and according to the officials, RJD chief is likely to be questioned in the case tomorrow.

Most recently, the probe agency visited Rabri Devi’s residence on Monday to question her about the land-for-job case on Monday morning. According to the reports, former Bihar Chief Minister was questioned for 5 hours by the CBI.

It was also reported that the RJD workers assembled outside the house and raised slogans against the probe agency demanding the CBI to go back.

The investigation by the CBI comes in the wake of the recent letter written by the Opposition to the PM Narendra Modi for misuse of central agency for political motive. Among the signatories in the letter written to PM Modi, was also Lalu Yadav’s son and Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Tejashwi Surya.

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The Chargesheet by the CBI has accused former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi, their daughter Misa Bharti, and 13 others in the land-for-job scam. The CBI court recently has also instructed the accused to appear before the court in the case on March 15.

Land for job scam case

As per the chargesheet, the probe allegedly unveiled that the accused individuals appointed for substitute role had transferred their lands for a cheaper rate than the market rate to Bihar’s Former Chief Minster and his family.

It was also reported that the candidates were also accused of using fake TCs and using fake attested documents to obtain the jobs. The CBI highlighted the alleged discrepancies in the job appointment in Railways and had also claimed that substitutes were also appointed without their being a requirement for the post.

It was also claimed by the probe agency that the date of joining of the substitutes and the date of approval had a large gap in the middle.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday have reached the residence of former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi in Patna to question her about the land-for-job case. As per the reports, the probe agency has dismissed their actions to be a raid.

As per the reports, the CBI visited the former Bihar CM’s house to record her statement. The officials have also told the media that the probe agency had taken an appointment with the Devi prior to their visit.

The RJD workers have also assembled near the Rabri Devi’s residence and have begun sloganeering demanding for the CBI to go back, said reports.

CBI court in Delhi last month had directed former several including Union railway minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Yadav, and his wife Rabri Devi, as well as his daughter Misa Bharti to present themselves before the court in the land-for-jobs scam case.

As per the reports, the FIR had accused that Lalu Yadav and his kins had bought lands for cheaper rates in return of giving jobs during his term as Union Railway minister. The CBI had also filled a chargesheet in October 2022 and accused Lalu Yadav and family including 13 others in the land-for-job scam. As per the reports, the scam was dated back to be between 2004 and 2009 when Lalu Yadav served as railway minister.

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According to the CBI claims, Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family including 13 others used to give out jobs in return of land. The CBI, in their claims, also cited that the few candidates who were appointed into the railways used to give their lands to Bihar’s Former Chief Minster and his family.

The CBI highlighted the alleged discrepancies in the job appointment in Railways and had also claimed that substitutes were also appointed without their being a requirement for the post. It was also claimed by the probe agency that the date of joining of the substitutes and the date of approval had a large gap in the middle. The RJD leaders, however, have dismissed the claims by the probe agency and termed the investigation by the CBI to be politically motivated.

The questioning by the CBI at Rabri Devi’s Patna residence comes a day after eight Opposition parties wrote to the Prime Minister of India and slammed the Centre for using central agencies for political purpose. Among the signatories in the letter was also Lalu Yadav’s son and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.

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The Delhi Court on Monday issued summons to former Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Debi, their daughter Misa Bharti and 13 others in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case.

After taking cognizance of a charge sheet submitted in October of last year by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Rouse Avenue Court special judge Geetanjali Goel summoned the aforementioned people on March 15.

The CBI, in a chargesheet, accused former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav and 15 other people of taking land from 12 candidates in return for jobs in the Indian Railways during Lalu’s stint as Railways Minister between 2004 and 2009.

In its chargesheet on October 10, the CBI also named Lalu’s wife and daughter, former railways chief personnel officer Kamal Deep Mainrai; and former general manager of Central Railways, Soumya Raghavan. Seven aspirants were appointed as substitutes, and four private individuals have also been named in the charge sheet.

Hema Yadav, another daughter of Lalu, was named by the federal agency in its FIR in May last year, but her name was excluded from the charge sheet.

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The Central Bureau of Investigation dismissed the case against Yadav and his family members earlier in 2021 after determining that there was no concrete evidence that could prove the allegations. However, the CBI once more reopened the corruption cases against the former chief minister in December of last year.

The CBI has charged the above-mentioned people under section 120B (criminal conspiracy) read with sections 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable documents), 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged documents) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

The accused are also booked under Sections 8 (bribing of a public servant), 9 (bribing a public servant by an organization), 11 (public servant obtaining undue advantage), 12 (abetment of offence), 13 (2) (criminal misconduct) read with section 13 (1) (d) of Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988 and substantive offenses thereof.

The court in its order said the action will be taken after taking cognizance of the matter.

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