A Delhi court on Friday framed charges against Bihar’s former Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal president Lalu Prasad Yadav in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged land-for-jobs scam, Live Law reported.
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 Central Bureau of Investigation filed its chargesheet in the matter on October 10, 2022, naming Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi, among several others.
On Friday, Special Judge Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Courts said that Yadav and his family acted as a criminal syndicate, Live Law reported.
“The court finds on the touchstone of suspicion that there existed an overarching conspiracy by Lalu Prasad Yadav towards using public employment as a bargaining chip for receiving immovable properties for his family (daughters, wife and sons),” the legal news portal quoted the judge as saying.
Gogne added that the chargesheet filed by the central agency indicated Yadav’s close associates were also facilitated as conspirators. He rejected the petition for discharge filed by Yadav and his family, saying that it was completely unwarranted.
A total of 103 persons had been named as accused in the case by the Central Bureau of Investigation, of which…
Source: Land-for-jobs scam: Delhi court frames charges against Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav
