Raids Conducted in Multiple Cities of Bihar in Land for Jobs ‘Scam’ Case Involving Lalu Yadav

GG News Bureau

Patna, 10th March. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted searches in several Bihar cities on Friday in connection with a money laundering investigation into the land for jobs ‘scam’ case in which RJD leaders Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi were recently questioned by the CBI.

The searches are covering some leaders linked to the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in towns like Patna and Phulwari Sharif, officials said.

The case pertains to people allegedly given employment in the railways in return for land parcels gifted or sold at cheap rates to the Yadav family and its associates, they said. The CBI has filed a charge sheet in the case against Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and 14 others under charges of criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, and all the accused have been summoned on March 15, officials had said.

This CBI complaint prompted the ED case, which was filed under the criminal provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.

The CBI recently questioned both Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi in this case.