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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and Deputy CM\u2019s father Lalu Prasad Yadav has been asked to depose on December 27 in the case at the Enforcement Directorate headquarters in the national capital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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