Bihar Dy CM alleges Sahara group helped Lalu's family buy property from Tata group through shell firm

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi today alleged that the Sahara group helped Lalu Prasad and his family in buying a posh property from the Tata group through a shell company here, a charge denied by the RJD.

When contacted, the Sahara group said it had nothing to do with the transaction, while the Tata group declined to comment.

Modi's allegation comes days after he claimed that Lalu Prasad's family, including his son Tejashwi, acquired a two-storeyed building of Tata Iron and Steel Company located in a posh locality of Patna worth crores through a shell company named 'Fairgrow Holding Pvt Ltd'.

The deputy chief minister said the Income Tax Department had in February attached a 7,105 sq feet two-storeyed house at 5, Riding Road, in Patna, located close to the airport and registered in the name of 'Fairgrow Holding Pvt Ltd'.

Talking to reporters here at the BJP office, Modi, who distributed IT department's inquiry proceedings regarding provisional attachment order of the said property, said, "Rajesh Kumar, who had made payment of Rs 65 lakh for buying the Tata group property in Patna on behalf of Fairgrow holding, was neither a director, nor a share-holder, nor any employee of Fairgrow..."
Reacting to Modi's charges, RJD spokesman and MLA Shakti Singh Yadav said, "Sushil Modi is hell-bent on terming Tejashwi Prasad Yadav's registered properties as benami ones...These allegations are not only baseless but far from reality."