ED files supplementary prosecution complaint against RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav in Land for Job Scam
ED had earlier filed Prosecution Complaint in January against Amit Katyal [close confident and associate of Lalu Prasad Yadav], Rabri Devi, Misha Bharti, Hema Yadav [family members of Lalu Prasad Yadav] and others who had received land parcel(s) from family of candidates [who were selected as Group D substitutes in Indian Railways] for nominal amounts
New Delhi, September 28
Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Delhi has filed a supplementary Prosecution Complaint against RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and others in the Land for Job Scam.
The ED stated that the persons who sold land to the family members of the Lalu Prasad Yadav for nominal amounts in return for jobs to their relatives as Group D substitutes in Indian Railways are also made accused in this.
ED initiated investigations on the basis of FIR registered by CBI related to Land for Job Scam alleging that Lalu Prasad Yadav, the then Railway Minister, indulged in corruption for appointment of Group D substitutes in Indian Railways during the period 2004- 2009. The candidates were told to transfer land as bribe in return for jobs in Indian Railways as per FIR. The CBI has filed five charge sheets till date.
ED had earlier filed Prosecution Complaint in January against Amit Katyal [close confident and associate of Lalu Prasad Yadav], Rabri Devi, Misha Bharti, Hema Yadav [family members of Lalu Prasad Yadav] and others who had received land parcel(s) from family of candidates [who were selected as Group D substitutes in Indian Railways] for nominal amounts.
Earlier, ED had conducted search operations which resulted in seizure of cash of Rs. 1 crore and valuables equivalent to about Rs. 1.25 Crore. It also provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs. 6.02 crores in 2023. ED had arrested Amit Katyal for knowingly assisting Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family in money laundering
