Weeks after he was granted bail in a fodder rip-off case, Lalu Prasad Yadav has been charged in a contemporary corruption case over alleged irregularities in recruitment between 2004 and 2009 when he was Railway Minister.
In addition to Mr Yadav, his spouse and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, daughter and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti and different relations have been named accused within the new case, sources mentioned.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) immediately began searches at 15 areas linked to the Rashtriya Janata Dal patriarch, together with his residences.
Within the new case, the CBI has alleged that Mr Yadav and his relations acquired land and properties as bribe for giving out railway jobs.
The 73-year-old veteran chief walked out of jail final month after the Jharkhand Excessive Courtroom granted him bail within the Rs 139 crore Doranda Treasury rip-off case. A CBI particular courtroom had in February sentenced him to 5 years in jail within the case. He was additionally fined Rs 60 lakh.
The treasury rip-off case was the fifth fodder rip-off case by which Mr Yadav was convicted.
Visuals confirmed police personnel on the Patna residence of Mr Yadav’s spouse and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi in the course of the raids this morning.
RJD legislator Dr Mukesh Roshan mentioned Mr Yadav is in Delhi and his son and celebration chief Tejashwi Yadav can be away. “These in energy are concentrating on Lalu Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav as a result of they’re conscious of their reputation,” he alleged.
Senior celebration chief Alok Mehta mentioned, “That is an try to complete off the Opposition. There isn’t any foundation for these circumstances. That is an try to silence criticism.”
Shivanand Tiwary, senior RJD chief who has additionally labored with JD(U) has mentioned the CBI’s transfer to dig out an previous case towards the RJD patriarch might be a warning to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.
“The BJP is getting uneasy about Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav coming collectively on the demand for a case Census. The timing of those raids factors to this. In any other case, why has the CBI all of the sudden taken up this case at a time when Nitish Kumar is about to name an all-party assembly on the demand for caste Census,” Mr Tiwary mentioned.
The RJD tweeted from its official deal with that quite a few raids have been performed in reference to the “so-called Railway rip-off” however nothing has been discovered.
“Lalu ji was Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009. If the CBI must conduct raids 13 years later, then you possibly can perceive what a nasty company it’s. The Lalu household is not going to bow and get scared,” the tweet in Hindi mentioned.
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