The Enforcement Directorate (ED) issued a fresh summons to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD’s) supremo Lalu Prasad and his son - Tejashwi Yadav - who is deputy chief minister of Bihar. The summons are related to questioning in connection with the alleged railways land-for-jobs money laundering case.
While Prasad has been asked to depose on January 29, Tejashwi has been called the next day on January 30.
A team went to the official residence of Prasad's wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi in Patna to deliver the summons, they said.
The two have been asked to depose at the Enforcement Directorate office on Bank Road in the capital. The duo had skipped the earlier summonses issued in this case.
The alleged scam pertains to the period when Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government.
Briefing railways land-for-jobs money laundering case:
The CBI filed a case against - Tejashwi Yadav and 17 others, including his parents Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi, stand accused.
The accusations revolve around appointments to Group "D" positions in various Indian Railways zones between 2004 and 2009. Shockingly, individuals appointed to these positions allegedly transferred their land to Lalu Yadav's family members and a related company named AK Infosystems Private Limited.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) informed the court that they submitted a comprehensive 4,751-page chargesheet in this case. Notably, Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, and Hema Yadav, among the accused, have yet to face arrests.
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