New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday carried out searches at several places, including the premises of RJD MLA Kiran Devi and Rajya Sabha member Prem Chand Gupta, in connection with the land-for-jobs scam. According to CBI sources, raids are being conducted at nine places in four states – Bihar, UP, Delhi and Haryana.
He said the searches were conducted after the alleged role of the two leaders in the scam came to the fore. He said the CBI raided the premises of Kiran Devi and her husband Arun Singh in Arrah and Patna in Bihar and Gupta’s premises in Gurugram, Rewari, Noida and Delhi.
It is alleged that during RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s tenure as Union Railway Minister from 2004-2009, appointments were made in the Central Railway in violation of recruitment rules and procedures.
No advertisement or public notice was issued for the appointments, but some residents of Patna were appointed as officiators in various zonal railways located in Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hajipur, it is alleged.