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Land for job scam: CBI files charge sheet against Tejashwi, Lalu, Rabri

The CBI has filed a charge sheet against Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, his father and former railways minister Lalu Prasad and mother and former chief minister Rabri Devi in connection with the land for jobs scam case, officials said Monday. The charge sheet, which also names 14 others, is the second charge sheet in the case. It has been filed on the basis of documents and evidence that surfaced after the first charge sheet was submitted in the case, they said. Besides members of the Yadav clan, the CBI has also named AK Infosystems and several middlemen in the case, they said. The charge sheet was filed in a special CBI court. The officials said the second charge sheet was filed as the alleged roles of the accused could not be completed by the time the initial report was filed. The CBI has alleged that favourite candidates were appointed in the railways in violation of norms and procedures, without any advertisement or public notice. during Lalu Prasad's tenure as .

CBI or ED may include my name in supplementary charge sheet: Tejashwi Yadav

The ED questioned Rabri Devi for six hours on Thursday

Land-for-jobs PMLA case: Rabri Devi appears before ED for questioning

Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi on Thursday appeared before the Enforcement Directorate here for questioning in a money laundering case linked to the alleged land-for-jobs scam, official sources said. The 68-year-old Devi, wife of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, is recording her statement in this case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Rabri Devi's children, including Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav and MP daughter Misa Bharti, have been questioned by the federal agency in this case in the recent past. The money laundering case stems from a CBI FIR. The ED had carried out searches in this case sometime back and seized "unaccounted cash" of Rs 1 crore and detected proceeds of crime worth Rs 600 crore. The alleged scam pertains to the period when Lalu Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government. It is alleged by the agencies that during the period 2004-09, various persons were appointed to Group D positions in various zones of the Indian Railways, and in

No one will save Lalu family in the IRCTC scam, claims BJP's Sushil Modi

The special CBI court has granted bails to Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Bihar CM Rabri Devi and Rajya Sabha MP in Misa Bharti in IRCTC lands for job scam on Wednesday

Land for job case: Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, others granted bail

Court noted that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed the chargesheet without arrest and directed all the accused to furnish a Rs 50,000 personal bail bond and a like amount as surety

Tejashwi Yadav skips third CBI summons in 'Land for Job' scam: Report

The agency had recently grilled his mother and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and father and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav in the matter

Land for jobs case: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav being questioned by CBI

Land for jobs case: The examination of the Yadav comes a day after his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi was quizzed at her Patna residence by the agency for nearly five hours

Land for jobs case: CBI team reaches at residence of ex-Bihar CM Rabri Devi

A CBI team on Monday visited the residence of former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi in connection with "further probe" in the land for jobs scam case, officials said. There is no search or raid taking place, they said. The CBI had already filed its charge sheet in the case and the special court has summoned the accused, including former Railways Minister Lalu Prasad and his family members and others on March 15, they said. The agency has kept the further probe open into the alleged scam case, they said. The visit of the CBI team is in connection with further investigation in the case, they said. It was alleged in the FIR that some persons, although residents of Patna in Bihar, were appointed as substitutes in Group-D posts during the period 2004-2009 in different zones of the railways located in Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hajipur and in lieu thereof, the individuals themselves or their family members transferred their land in the name of family members of Prasad and a

CBI at Rabri Devi home because of family's opposition to BJP: Tejashwi

Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Monday claimed that the CBI team's visit to the residence of his mother and ex-CM Rabri Devi was a result of his family's relentless opposition to the ruling BJP at the Centre. He also asserted that his father Lalu Prasad, who has been named in the land for jobs case, had "no powers" to provide employment in exchange of favours as the then railway minister. Earlier in the day, a CBI team visited the Rabri Devi's residence here in connection with a "further probe" in the land for jobs scam case, officials said. There is no search or raid taking place, they said. "It is an open secret that probe agencies are acting against political opponents of the BJP and helping those who agree to align with that party. Examples of Ajit Pawar in Maharashtra and Mukul Roy in West Bengal are proof, the RJD leader told reporters outside the Bihar assembly. He, however, declined to comment on questions about the "timing" of the latest CBI action, which co

Land for jobs scam: CBI pays a visit to Bihar's former CM Rabri Devi's home

The CBI filed an FIR against Lalu Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, and daughter Misa Bharti over the land for jobs scam and submitted its chargesheet for the same

Land-for-jobs scam: CBI files charge sheet against Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi

The transfers were made through deeds in the name of Rabri Devi and daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav

'People are watching and they understand': Rabri Devi on CBI searches

The ruling 'Mahagathbandhan' in Bihar on Wednesday cried foul over raids conducted at a number of premises owned by leaders of the RJD, the largest constituent of the seven-party coalition. The CBI raids, in connection with a railway land for jobs scam, commenced barely a few hours before the new government was to prove its majority on the floor of the state assembly. "I do not wish to comment on merits and demerits of the case. But the timing of the raids is a clear indication that the investigating agencies are trying to help the BJP," alleged Upendra Kushwaha, parliamentary board president of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's JD(U). The BJP has been stripped of power on account of the volte-face earlier this month by Kumar, who has now aligned with the RJD, Congress and Left combine. Former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, whose own residence here was raided by the agency in connection with the case a few months ago, told reporters, "The people are watching and they can understand what is

Bihar: Lalu Yadav arrives in Patna; Nitish walks down for courtesy call

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Wednesday called on his old associate and RJD president Lalu Prasad, with whom his rivalry has been the stuff of political legend and whose party helped him dump the BJP to form a new government. Kumar walked down to 10, Circular Road, the bungalow allotted to Prasad's wife Rabri Dev, right across the street from his official residence 1, Anney Marg, accompanied by cabinet colleague and close aide Vijay Kumar Chaudhary. Prasad's younger son and RJD heir apparent Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, who has returned as the deputy CM after five years, rushed to the bungalow's gate to receive his boss. Kumar warmly greeted Prasad, whom he often calls his bade bhai (elder brother), presenting the RJD president with a bundle of flowers which the former CM accepted with one arm bandaged because of a shoulder fracture he suffered last month. Notably, Kumar, the de facto leader of the JD(U), was last seen at 10, Circular Road earlier this year when he attended an Ift

ED, CBI can set up offices at my residence: Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav

The RJD leader made the tongue-in-cheek reference to allegations of misuse of central agencies against political opponents of the BJP at his mother and former CM Rabri Devi's house

Politics over Iftar parties in Bihar, Tej Pratap invites Amit Shah

Tej Pratap Yadav posted an invitation card on his Twitter handle and invited Union Home Minister Amit Shah

Rabri Devi alleges Nitish Kumar fell at PM Modi's feet in Lucknow

The RJD leader made the remark while talking to reporters here outside the state legislature, which is in session

Best of BS Opinion: GST compensation issue, the land bank, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

RJD's posters with 'missing' Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi on opposition's target

With polls around the corner, the 'poster-war' in Bihar is at its peak

RJD celebrates Lalu Prasad's 73rd birthday as 'Garib Samman Diwas'

It used to be a big occasion for the party in the past but this year RJD leaders decided there would be no cake-cutting ceremony in view of the plight of the poor and migrants returning to the state

Lalu Prasad DA case: Larger Supreme Court Bench to revisit its 2010 verdict

On April 1, 2010 the top court had held that the Bihar government did not have the authority to file an appeal in the Patna High Court against the acquittal of Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife