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Land for job money laundering case | Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday issued summons to former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and other accused in the job for land money laundering case. The Rouse Avenue court has asked them to appear before it on October 7. As reported by ANI , the court has also sent summons to Akhileshwar Singh as well as his wife Kiran Devi.
The court has also said that Tej Pratap Yadav's involvement cannot be ruled out. He was also the director of AK Infosys Limited. He has also been summoned.
They have been directed to appear before the court. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a supplementary charge sheet against 11 accused on August 6. Four of them have died.
The case pertains to Group-D appointments made in the West Central Zone of the railways based in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, during Lalu Prasad's tenure as the railway minister from 2004 to 2009 in return for land parcels gifted or transferred by the recruits in the name of the RJD supremo's family or associates, the ED said. Earlier on Tuesday, the Delhi High Court granted regular bail to businessman Amit Katyal on medical grounds. He is charged in a land-for-job money laundering case.
"Katyal was arrested in November 2023. Since then, he was in custody. He is even a witness in the connected CBI case.
His health condition was not good and he had undergone the surgery," the senior advocate argued. On September 7, the Rouse Avenue court postponed its decision on the summons for Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, and other accused individuals. Earlier, on August 6, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a supplementary charge sheet naming Lalu, Tejashwi, and others, including Lallan Chaudhary, Hazari Rai, Dharmender Kumar, Akhileshwar Singh, Ravinder Kumar, the late Lal Babu Rai, Sonmatia Devi, the late Kishun Dev Rai, and Sanjay Rai.
This charge sheet includes 96 supporting documents. (With inputs from agencies).
