Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court docket on Friday took cognizance of the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate in opposition to former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav. They have been requested to appear earlier than the court docket on February 9.
The court docket additionally issued a manufacturing warrant for businessman Amit Katyal, who’s presently in Judicial Custody within the case. “There are sufficient grounds to take cognizance,” mentioned Special Judge Vishal Gogne whereas passing the order. ED had filed a 4751-page cost sheet on this case. Additionally, two corporations are named as accused within the chargesheet.
Charges in opposition to Katyal
The Delhi High Court had refused to quash ED proceedings in opposition to Katyal, who’s accused of partaking in transactions with the members of the family of former railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. Earlier the attorneys for Katyal had submitted that the unique FIR registered on May 18, 2022, by CBI and the interval of transaction is 2004-09. ED registered ECIR on August 16, 22 in relation to this. CBI has concluded the investigation and I’m cited as a protected witness. My arrest is prohibited and is opposite to Section 19, Lawyer argued for Katyal.
About land-for-jobs rip-off
The purported rip-off traces its origins to the interval when Lalu Prasad served because the Union railway minister within the UPA-1 cupboard. The allegation means that between 2004 and 2009, quite a few candidates have been appointed to Group-D positions in varied Indian Railways zones in trade for land offered to Lalu Prasad’s household and associates.
Following an preliminary grievance filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation, the ED initiated a case below the prison sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
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