Court Grants Bail To Lalu Prasad Yadav And Sons Tejashwi Yadav, Tej Pratap Yadav

The alleged scam dates back to the RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's stint as the railway minister in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

The Yadav family has denied the allegations, accusing the misuse of central agencies by the BJP led Centre.

Source : PTI

Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court grants bail to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav in the alleged land for job money laundering scam. They have been granted bail on furnishing a bail bond of Rs. 1 lakh each.

On September 18, the court summoned Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tej Pratap Yadav in the land for job case for the first time. The court on that day noted that Tej Pratap Yadav's involvement cannot be ruled out as he was also the director of AK Infosys Limited.

The court had also summoned Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Akhileshwar Singh, Hazari Prasad Rai, Sanjay Rai, Dharmendra Singh, Kiran Devi for today (7th October.) The father-sons trio were present in court today.

Reportedly, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a supplementary chargesheet against 11 accused on August 6. Four of them have died. 

What Is The Land For Job 'Scam' Case

The alleged scam dates back to the RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's stint as the railway minister in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government.

The CBI has alleged that between 2004 and 2009, several people were appointed to Group D positions in various zones of Indian Railways, who transferred their land to Lalu Yadav's family members. According to the CBI, no advertisement or public notice was issued for the appointment but some Patna residents were appointed as substitutes in different zonal railways across India.

It is alleged that these candidates, directly or through their immediate family members, allegedly sold land to the family members of Prasad at highly discounted rates, up to one-fourth to one-fifth of the prevailing market rates.

The Yadav family has denied the allegations, accusing the misuse of central agencies by the BJP led Centre.

The case is going on in the Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court.