Land For Jobs Scam: ED Searches Tejashwi Yadav's Delhi House Days After CBI Questioned Lalu Prasad And Rabri Devi

Recently RJD leaders Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi were questioned recently by the CBI in connection to the similar case. The CBI has filed a charge sheet in the case against Prasad, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and 14 others under charges of criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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Updated on: 10 March 2023 5:12 am

Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday searched Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav's Delhi House in connection with the?and-for-jobs case.

The federal investigation agency is carrying out searches days after the Central Bureau of Investigation questioned his parents, former Bihar Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi, on consecutive days.

Today, the Enforcement Directorate is carrying out searches at over 15 locations in the case of alleged money laundering involving Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members.

The Enforcement (ED) Friday conducted searches in multiple cities of Bihar in connection with a money laundering investigation into the land for jobs 'scam' case in which RJD leaders Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi were questioned recently by the CBI.

The searches are covering some leaders linked to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in towns like Patna and Phulwari Sharif, officials said.

Enforcement Directorate is conducting searches at multiple locations in Delhi and Bihar, in connection with alleged land for job scam: Sources

Recently, CBI questioned RJD chief Lalu Yadav in the case in Delhi.
— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2023

What is the case all about?

The case pertains to people allegedly given employment in the railways in return for land parcels gifted or sold at cheap rates to the Yadav family and its associates, they said.?? ?

The CBI has filed a charge sheet in the case against Prasad, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and 14 others under charges of criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and all the accused have been summoned on March 15, officials had said.

The ED case, filed under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, stems from this CBI complaint.

Both Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi were questioned by the CBI in this case recently.

(With PTI Inputs)