All 9 accused including Lalu family have got bail in Land for Job case. Each was granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh from Delhi's Rouse Avenue court. The court has instructed everyone to surrender their passports. The next hearing will be held on October 25.
The Lalu family appeared in Delhi's Rouse Avenue court today in this case. RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap and Misa Bharti reached the court for the hearing. In this case, the court summoned Lalu Prasad Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav for the first time.
Tejashwi Yadav said, 'These people often keep making political conspiracies. The central government is misusing the agencies. There is no merit in this case. Our victory is certain.
Lalu Prasad Yadav arrived in Delhi from Patna to appear in court along with his daughters Misa and Rohini on Sunday. Tej Pratap was already present in Delhi. Tejashwi reached Delhi from Dubai late on Sunday night.
Lalu Yadav appeared in the court sitting in a wheel chair.
Before going to Delhi, Lalu said – Modi's defeat is certain
Before taking an Air India flight to Delhi, Lalu Prasad said at the Patna airport, 'Narendra Modi's defeat in the Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana elections is certain.' Meanwhile, MP Misa Bharti said, 'Indian coalition government is going to be formed in Haryana and Jammu-Kashmir.'
Regarding this, Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar Samrat Chaudhary said that, 'Lalu Yadavji is a symbol of corruption. How do they know all this? They should work without fear of jail. The court will decide what sin he has committed.
The court said that the involvement of Tej Pratap was not denied
After accepting the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) supplementary chargesheet, 18 days ago the court had summoned the Lalu family, including Akhileshwar Singh and his wife Kiran Devi, involved in the case. During the hearing, the court said, 'Tej Pratap Yadav's involvement cannot be ruled out. He was also a director of AK Infosystems Private Limited.'
The ED filed a supplementary chargesheet against 11 accused on August 6. Out of which 4 have died. These include Lallan Chaudhary, Hazari Rai, Dharmendra Kumar, Akhileshwar Singh, Ravinder Kumar, Sr. Lal Babu Rai, Sonmatia Devi, Sr. Kishun Dev Rai and Sanjay Rai included. Lallan Chaudhary's wife has also submitted the postmortem report related to the death of her husband in the court. The court ordered the filing of the death certificate.
Who is Kiran Devi?
Court has issued summons to Kiran Devi. She is a resident of Patna. Kiran Devi sold her 80,905 square feet land to Lalu Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti in November 2007 for just Rs 3.70 lakh. After this in 2008 Kiran Devi's son Abhishek Kumar got a job in Central Railway Mumbai.
ED claims- Lalu mastermind of land for job scam
ED has claimed that former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is the main conspirator in the Land for Job case. The ED made this claim in its supplementary chargesheet filed on September 26.
In the chargesheet, the agency said that the then railway minister Lalu Prasad and his family had taken pieces of land from people as bribes in the name of giving them jobs in the railways. It is alleged that the family of Lalu Prasad Yadav is in possession of the land acquired by crime.
Not only this, Lalu Prasad hatched the scam in such a way that his family is in possession of the land acquired by crime, but the land is not directly related to him and his family.
To siphon off the proceeds of crime, several entities (shell companies) were opened and land was registered in their names. The Rouse Avenue court had recently issued summons to Lalu Prasad, Tejashwi and Tej Pratap in the case.
According to ED, during the investigation into the conspiracy, it has come to light that Lalu Prasad Yadav himself was planning to take land as a bribe in the name of railway job, with his family and close friend Amit Katyal supporting him in this.
There are many pieces of land which are located right next to the land of Lalu Prasad Yadav's family and which were bought at a huge price.
Identified the land through businessman Bhola Yadav
Lalu's family and their associated companies have about 7 plots of land. These lands are situated in Mahua Bagh of Patna. Out of these 4 lands are indirectly connected with Rabri Devi. ED said that Lalu has an old connection with Mahua Bagh village.
Julumdhari Rai, Kishun Dev Rai, Lal Babu Rai and others of Mahuabag gave land to Lalu Prasad and Rabdi Devi. Rabadi Devi purchased a piece of land in 1990 at Plot No. 1547 in Mahua Bagh.
Lalu identified the land through OSD Bhola Yadav for commercial gain. The land was bought at a cheap price in the name of providing employment to the family of the land owner in the railways.
These lands have been transferred in the names of Lalu, his family, AK Infosystems, Hridayanand Chaudhary and Lalan Chaudhary.
AK Infosystems Pvt. Ltd. All the shares were transferred in the name of Rabi-Tejashwi
In the chargesheet, the ED said that after acquiring the land, AK Infosystems transferred 85% shares to Rabdi Devi and 15% shares to Tejashwi Yadav on June 13, 2014.
This made him the owner of the land of M/s AK Infosystems Pvt. Lalu Prasad Yadav's family took possession of the property worth Rs 1.89 crore by paying a price of Rs 1 lakh.
Interrogated Lalu-Tejashwi in January 2024
Lalu and Tejaswi were interrogated for over 10 hours on 20 January 2024 by ED's Delhi and Patna team officials in the Land for Jobs case.
According to ED sources, more than 50 questions were asked to Lalu Prasad. He mostly answered yes or no. Lalu also went to Jhala several times during the interrogation. At the same time, Tejashwi was interrogated for about 10-11 hours on January 30.
Learn the whole story of the Land for Job deal in 7 points
Deal 1: The CBI in its preliminary investigation found that on February 6, 2008, Kishun Dev Rai of Patna had transferred his land in the name of Rabdi Devi at a very low price. That is, 3,375 square feet of land was sold to Rabi Devi for just Rs 3.75 lakh. Also, in the same year, three family members Raj Kumar Singh, Mithilesh Kumar and Ajay Kumar got jobs in Group D post in Central Railway Mumbai.
Deal 2: In February 2008, Sanjay Rai of Mahuabagh in Patna also sold 3,375 sq ft land to Rabdi Devi for just Rs. Sold for 3.75 lakhs. The CBI in its investigation found that apart from Sanjay Rai, two other members of the family got jobs in the railways.
Deal 3: Kiran Devi, a resident of Patna, sold her 80,905 square feet land to Lalu Yadav's daughter Misa Bharti in November 2007 for just Rs. 3.70 lakhs was sold. After this in 2008 Kiran Devi's son Abhishek Kumar got a job in Central Railway Mumbai.
Deal 4: In February 2007, Hazari Rai, a resident of Patna, sold his 9,527 square feet of land to Delhi-based company AK Infosystems Private Limited for Rs. Sold for 10.83 lakhs. Later Hazari Rai's two nephews Dilchand Kumar and Premchand Kumar got jobs in West-Central Railway Jabalpur and South-Eastern Railway Kolkata.
The CBI has found that all the rights and assets of AK Infosystem were transferred to the daughter and wife of Lalu Prasad Yadav in the year 2014. Rabdi Devi bought a majority stake in the company in 2014 and later became a director of the company.
Deal 5: Lal Babu Rai, a resident of Patna, transferred his 1,360 square feet of land in the name of Rabdi Devi in May 2015 for just Rs 13 lakh. When the CBI investigated, it was found that Lalchand Kumar, son of Lal Babu Rai, got a job in 2006 in North-Western Railway, Jaipur.
Deal 6: Brij Nandan Rai sold his 3,375 sq ft land to Hridayanand Chaudhary, a resident of Gopalganj, for Rs 4.21 lakh in March 2008. Hridayanand Chaudhary got a job in East-Central Railway Hajipur in the year 2005. In 2014, Hridayanand Chaudhary transferred this land to Lalu Prasad Yadav's daughter Hema through a gift deed.
When the CBI investigated, it was found that Hridayanand Chaudhary and Lalu Prasad Yadav were not even distant relatives. Also the value of the land which was gifted was Rs.62 lakh as per circle rate at that time.
Deal 7: Vishun Dev Rai gave his 3,375 square feet of land to Lalan Chaudhary, a resident of Siwan, in March 2008. Lalan's grandson Pintu Kumar got a job in Western Railway Mumbai in 2008. After this, Lalan Chaudhary gave this land to Hema Yadav in February 2014
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