Law Kumar Mishra
Patna, October 7
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today filed chargesheet against Lalu Prasad, wife Rabri Devi in connection with land-for-jobs scam that allegedly took place during his tenure as Railway Minister in the Congress-led UPA government over 10 years ago.
The investigating agency has named 14 others including Lalu’s daughter Misa Bharti and a former general manager of the Railways as accused in the charge sheet filed before a special CBI court recently. The CBI had registered a preliminary enquiry on September 23, 2021 related to the alleged land-for-jobs scam in the Railways which was converted into First Information Report (FIR) on May 18.
According to the central investigating agency, candidates were allegedly appointed as substitutes in group D positions within three days of applying in “undue haste” by Railway officials and were later, regularised when the “individuals themselves or their family members transferred their land”. The transfers were made through deeds in the name of Rabri Devi and daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav, it alleged.
The agency has alleged that land measuring about 1.05 lakh square feet in Patna was acquired by Prasad’s family members by making payments to the sellers in cash.
In May, CBI had raided at 17 locations in connection with the scam.
