ED summons Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tej Pratap in land-for-jobs scam case

The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tej Pratap Yadav for questioning in connection with a money-laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs scam, reported India Today.

Rabri Devi and Tej Pratap Yadav have been asked to join the investigation at 11 am on Tuesday, while Lalu Prasad Yadav has been summoned on Wednesday morning in Patna.

“We have got some new facts related to the case, so we are summoning them to verify all the facts,” an unidentified ED official was quoted as saying by The Indian E[xpress.

The Rouse Avenue court, which took cognisance of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s final chargesheet in the corruption case, had directed Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tej Pratap Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, and daughters Hema Yadav and Misa Bharti to appear before it on March 11.

The CBI has named 78 accused persons in the case, including 30 government officials. The case centres on allegations that between 2004 and 2009, when Yadav was the Union railway minister, land was illegally acquired at reduced prices in exchange for appointments to Group-D positions in the Indian Railways.

The agency alleges that land parcels were transferred to Yadav’s family members, including Rabri Devi and daughters Misa...

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