New Delhi: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday joined the Enforcement Directorate investigation in a land-for-jobs case involving his father and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and different relations. The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief reached the Enforcement Directorate headquarters right here within the nationwide capital round 10.53 am and was deposed earlier than the investigators. Tejashvi joined the ED investigation following the company`s summons issued towards him earlier this month within the case. Earlier, his sister and Rajya Sabha Member Misa Bharti was questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in reference to the case.
In March, the ED claimed unaccounted money of Rs 1 crore, $1,900, 540 gms gold, and 1.5 kg of gold jewellery and different incriminating paperwork have been recovered through the raids performed at 24 areas in Delhi, Mumbai, Patna, and in Ranchi primarily based on particular intelligence inputs. The ED had mentioned that they detected about Rs 600 crore in “proceeds of crime”, which have been within the type of immovable properties of Rs 350 crore and transactions of Rs 250 crore routed by numerous `benamidaars`.
It is alleged that the Prevention of Money Laundering investigation performed up to now has revealed that a number of items of land at distinguished areas in Patna and different areas have been illegally acquired by the household of Lalu Yadav in lieu of jobs offered within the Railways. The present market worth of those land parcels is greater than Rs 200 crore and a number of other benamidars, shell entities, and useful homeowners for these lands have been recognized.
“A property situated at D-1088, New Friends Colony, Delhi (independent 4-storied bungalow, registered in the name of A.B. Exports Private Ltd, a company owned and controlled by Tejashwi Yadav and family) was shown to have been acquired at a value of mere Rs 4 lakh, the present market value of which is approximately Rs 150 crore,” the ED claimed.
An official claimed that a large amount of money and proceeds of crime have been utilized in buying this property and few Mumbai-based entities, dealing within the gems and jewelry sector, have been used to channel ill-gotten proceeds of crime on this regard.”The property has been though, on paper, declared as the office of A.B. Exports Private Ltd and AK Infosystems Pvt Ltd, and is being exclusively used as residential premises by Tejashwi Yadav. During the searches, Tejashwi Prasad was found to be staying at this house and was found to be using this house as his residential property,” the ED alleged.
The company mentioned their investigation has discovered that 4 parcels of lands acquired by the household of Lalu Prasad for simply Rs 7.5 lakh from poor Group-D candidates have been offered to former RJD MLA Syed Abu Dojana by Rabri Devi with large features at Rs 3.5 crore. It mentioned their investigation has additional revealed {that a} main portion of the quantity thus acquired, was transferred to the account of Tejashwi Yadav. The ED case is predicated on the CBI`s First Information Report registered within the case final 12 months.
A preliminary inquiry was launched by the CBI in September final 12 months amid allegations that numerous individuals have been appointed as substitutes in Group D posts in several zones of Indian Railways between 2004 and 2009, with out following tips, in alternate for land by unknown public servants.
It is alleged that in Lalu Yadav`s tenure as railway minister from 2004-09, 12 irregular candidate appointments have been made within the central railways, violating the norms and procedures of the Indian Railways for recruitment. No commercial or public discover was issued for an appointment however some residents of Patna have been appointed as substitutes in several zonal railways positioned at Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur, and Hazipur.Â
