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Lalu Prasad Yadav was interrogated for 10 hours in the ED office in Patna.
A team of officers from Delhi had reached Patna for questioning.
New Delhi. The Enforcement Directorate today interrogated for hours at the ED office in Patna in connection with the alleged land-for-job scam registered against former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. For 10 hours, ED officers kept asking questions to Lalu one after the other. The ED team appeared before the former CM of Bihar with a long list of questions. According to sources, RJD supremo looked uncomfortable while answering ED’s questions. He was taking about one and a half seconds to answer each question. ED team of Delhi and Patna interrogated Lalu Yadav. A team of about a dozen ED officers from Delhi also came to Patna to interrogate Lalu. ED officials started interrogating Lalu Prasad from 11:30 am. Let us tell you about those 10 questions which ED asked Lalu during the investigation.
ED asked Lalu Prasad Yadav how he took land in exchange of job?
When did you meet Hriday Narayan Chaudhary, the accused named in the charge sheet and who gave the statement against Lalu in this case? Where and how did they get the land registered? Then how was this land transferred in the name of Shell Company?
Which middlemen played what role in this deal of job in exchange for land?
Was the job given first or was the land transferred first?
People who were complicit in this scam got jobs as rewards or were given money. What was the market value of the land at that time?
How was the land indirectly transferred in the names of Tejashwi Yadav, Misa Bharti, Hema Yadav and other members?
Who were supportive in giving land in exchange for jobs during his tenure as Railway Minister? Has the job been given even after taking money from anyone?
ED also asked questions related to Amit Katyal, M/s AK Infosystem Private Limited, AB Export Private Limited and some other companies. He was also asked about whatever information Amit Katyal had given about him. How right are they?
Amit has also told many things related to black money investment, to what extent is there truth in this?
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FIRST PUBLISHED: January 29, 2024, 22:19 IST