CBI registers fresh case against Lalu Prasad Yadav, daughter in graft case, searches multiple places
New Delhi, May 20: The CBI has registered a fresh case against former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members on the charge of taking land from aspirants in return for jobs in the railways when he was the Union Minister in the UPA government, officials said on Friday.
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The probe agency has started searches at 17 locations in Delhi and Bihar, they said.
#WATCH Police presence outside the Patna residence of former Bihar CM Rabri Devi as CBI conducts raids at multiple locations of RJD Chief Lalu Yadav in a fresh case relating to alleged 'land for railway job scam'#Bihar pic.twitter.com/mwIdvdT9N3
— ANI (@ANI) May 20, 2022
The
CBI
had
registered
a
preliminary
enquiry
into
allegations
which
was
converted
into
the
FIR,
they
said.
Following
the
FIR
against
Yadav,
his
wife
Rabri
Devi,
daughters
Misa
and
Hema,
besides
several
candidates,
the
CBI
started
a
search
operation
on
Friday
morning
at
16
locations
in
Delhi,
Patna
and
Gopalganj.
The probe agency has registered the FIR under IPC section 120-B, which deals with criminal conspiracy, and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, officials said.
It is alleged that several prime properties were given to the Yadav family in exchange for jobs in Railways under Lalu Prasad Yadav from 2008 to 2009.
The fresh case comes weeks after Yadav was released on bail in the fodder scam in which he was convicted by a special court in Ranchi.
In
a
cryptic
tweet,
Rashtriya
Janata
Dal
took
a
veiled
dig
at
the
CBI,
"Tota
(parrot)
hai,
Toton
ka
kya."
The
CBI
had
earned
the
sobriquet
from
an
observation
of
the
Supreme
Court,
calling
it
a
"parrot"
of
political
masters
during
the
UPA
government.
Lalu, who was discharged on May 5 from AIIMS in Delhi, is currently in Delhi. He is staying at his daughter Misa Bharti's residence who is a Rajya Sabha MP.
The alleged land-for-jobs scam pertains to the period when Lalu Prasad Yadav was the railway minister in the UPA government, officials said.