Land-for-jobs rip-off: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav is likely to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) within the nationwide capital today for questioning in reference to a case associated to the alleged land-for-jobs rip-off. He was questioned by the central probe company final month on this case. The ED lodged a separate case underneath the legal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) primarily based on the CBI FIR and it’s anticipated to report the assertion of Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday, information company PTI reported citing sources.
Yadav’s sister Misa Bharti was additionally questioned by the ED on this case on March 25, the identical day he had deposed before the CBI. Bharti, 46, is a Rajya Sabha MP of the Rashtriya Janta Dal. Both the central companies not too long ago initiated motion within the case, with the CBI questioning former Bihar Chief Ministers Lalu Prasad and Rabri Devi and the ED finishing up raids in opposition to the RJD chief’s household. The ED, after the searches, stated it seized “unaccounted cash” of Rs 1 crore and detected proceeds of crime price Rs 600 crore. It stated the investigation was underway to unearth extra investments made on behalf of Prasad’s household and their associates in varied sectors, together with actual property, at varied locations.
About the ‘land-for-job rip-off’
The case pertains to alleged appointments made within the railways in return for land parcels gifted or bought to Prasad’s household when he was the minister of railways between 2004 and 2009. The CBI in its cost sheet alleged that irregular appointments have been made within the railways, violating the laid down norms and procedures of Indian Railways for recruitment.
It alleged that as a quid professional quo, the candidates straight or via their instant family members and members of the family bought land to the members of the family of RJD chief Prasad, then railway minister, at extremely discounted charges as much as one-fifth of the prevailing market charges.
(With PTI inputs)
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