IRCTC scam: Raids at residences of daughters of Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi come days after CBI questioned former Bihar chief ministers in connection with the money laundering case related to jobs for land scam.
ED and CBI, Central probe agencies, are carrying out investigation in IRCTC scam
IRCTC scam: Days after Central Bureau Investigation (CBI)’s grilled former Bihar chief ministers- Lalu Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi in connection with the money laundering case related to jobs for land scam, Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday carried out raids in several locations, including residents of Lalu Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya and son Tejashwi Yadav in Delhi, close aide in Patna.
Bihar Deputy CM Tejashi Yadav and his wife were present at Defence Colony’s residence when the ED team launched raids.
ED also carried out raids at residence of Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav today.
The officials also conducted a raid at ex-RJD MLA Syed Abu Dojana’s premises at Phulwari Sharif in Patna.
Earlier on Tuesday, Prasad’s daughter Rohini alleged that his father is constantly being harassed by the central agencies. Her comments came amid CBI’s questioning of Prasad in land for job scam case at her residence in Delhi.
“Papa is constantly being harassed. I will not spare anyone if anything happens to him. You are troubling my father, it is not right. All this will be remembered. Time is mighty, it has great power. This has to be remembered,” she tweeted.
“These people are troubling my father, if due to their actions, he will have any trouble, then we will shake the chair of Delhi. Now, it is going beyond tolerance,” she added.
Meanwhile, a team of six CBI officers on Tuesday questioned former railway minister Prasad in connection with the further probe in the land-for-jobs scam case. Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi was on Monday grilled for the same at her Patna residence for four hours. Lalu Prasad was questioned at the premises of his daughter Misa Bharti in Delhi.
CBI already filed its charge sheet in the case. The special court summoned the accused, including Prasad and his family members and others on March 15. The agency has kept the probe open into the alleged scam and the new round of questioning of Yadav family members is in connection with “further investigation” in the case. The team might also seek some additional documents from the family of Lalu Prasad related to the case of alleged land transfer to them in exchange for appointments in Group D posts in railways during 2004-2009.
The CBI alleged in the FIR that some persons, although residents of Patna in Bihar, were appointed as substitutes in Group-D posts during the period 2004-2009 in different zones of the railways located in Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hajipur.
