GG News Bureau
New Delhi, 9th Jan. The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday filed its first charge sheet in the money laundering case related to the railways land-for-jobs scandal. Former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and her MP daughter Misa Bharti have been named in the charge sheet.
The prosecution complaint (charge sheet) also includes the names of Amit Katyal, an alleged close associate of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family, as well as other individuals and companies.
The charge sheet has been submitted to a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi, and the court has scheduled a hearing for January 16.
Amit Katyal was arrested by the ED in November last year in connection with this case. Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son, Bihar deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, have been summoned by the agency but have not yet appeared.
The alleged scam took place during the tenure of Lalu Prasad Yadav as the railway minister in the UPA-1 government.
According to the allegations, between 2004 and 2009, several individuals were appointed to Group D positions in different zones of the Indian Railways. In exchange, these individuals transferred their land to the family members of the then railway minister Prasad and a company called AK Infosystems Private Limited.
The money laundering case, filed under the criminal sections of the PMLA, originated from a complaint filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The CBI had previously filed a charge sheet in this case.
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