New Delhi. The heat of the money laundering case related to the land for job case has now reached former Bihar CM and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav’s elder son Tej Pratap Yadav. Issuing summons to Tej Pratap for the first time in this case, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court has directed him to appear on October 7. The judge said that Tej Pratap is also a member of the Lalu family and his role in money laundering cannot be denied. However, Tej Pratap was not made an accused by the ED in its charge sheet.
The court has also summoned Lalu Prasad Yadav, his younger son and former Bihar Deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav, Akhileshwar Singh, Hazari Prasad Rai, Sanjay Rai, Dharmendra Singh and Kiran Devi on October 7. Lalu Yadav’s wife Rabri Devi and his two daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav are also accused in this case. This entire case is from the first tenure of the UPA government between 2004 and 2009 when Lalu Yadav was the Union Railway Minister. It is alleged that during that time, massive corruption was done in the recruitment of Group ‘D’ in the Railway Department. By luring the youth with the promise of recruitment on these posts, their ancestral land was taken in the name of bribe.
ED alleges that companies named AB Exports and AK Infosystems were used in the game of taking land in exchange for jobs. AK Infosystems first bought land of 11 people for Rs 1.89 crore. Later, AK Infosystems company was transferred to the name of Lalu Yadav’s family at a price of just Rs 1 lakh. This revealed the involvement of Lalu Yadav’s family in this case. CBI has also filed its final charge sheet in this case. CBI has mentioned 78 accused in its charge sheet.
