Days after repeated raids and questioning, former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and 14 others are scheduled to appear in a Delhi court today in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam. There is a possibility.
The case pertains to alleged appointments made to the Railways in lieu of land gifted or sold to Prasad’s family when he was Railway Minister between 2004 and 2009.
The CBI in its chargesheet has alleged that irregular appointments were made in the Railways in violation of laid down norms and procedures. Indian Rail for recruitment.
It alleged that the candidates, in turn, directly or through their close relatives and family members, sold land at highly subsidized rates up to one-fifth of the prevailing market rates to the family members of RJD chief Prasad, the then railways minister.
what does the charge sheet say
> The CBI in its chargesheet alleged that Lalu Yadav entered into a criminal conspiracy with his wife, daughter and some railway officials to acquire a piece of land adjacent to another land already owned by his family members. Was.
> Irregular appointments of candidates were made in violation of the process of appointment in Railways under this criminal conspiracy
> CBI charge sheet states that Lalu Yadav used his position as railway minister to influence railway officials to illegally appoint land owners and their family members
> The candidates appointed as officiating were later regularised. In lieu of this appointment, Lalu Prasad got the said land transferred to Rabri Devi and Meesha Bharti at much lower rates than the circle and market rates.
> In lieu of transfers being done at throwaway prices, nine candidates were placed in the Railways at the will of the vendors.
> Lalu Prasad Yadav, Misa Bharti, Rabri Devi have been charged with criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, forgery to cheat and under certain sections under the PC Act.
Special judge had issued summons in February
Special Judge Gitanjali Goel had on February 27 issued summons to all the accused, including Prasad’s daughter Misa Bharti, and directed them to appear before the court on March 15.
“A perusal of the charge sheet and the documents and material on record prima facie reveal offenses under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery of valuable security, will, etc.), 468 ( forgery for the purpose of cheating) and IPC section 471 (using as genuine a forged document) and various sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Accordingly, cognizance of the said offenses is taken,” the judge had said.
The judge had noted that the charge sheet was filed without arrest in respect of the accused persons, except one who is currently out on bail.
CBI arrested Lalu’s OSD
In July 2022, the CBI arrested Bhola Yadav, who used to be the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to Lalu Prasad when he was Railway Minister, in this case.
The charge sheet was filed on October 10 last year against 16 accused for offenses of criminal conspiracy and corruption.
Names of many railway officials in the final report
The final report also names former General Manager of Central Railway Soumya Raghavan, former CPO Railways Kamal Deep Mainrai, seven candidates appointed as substitutes and four private individuals.
As per the charge sheet, a case was registered against Lalu Prasad and others as per the result of preliminary investigation.
It was alleged in the FIR that some persons, being residents of Patna in Bihar, were appointed as substitutes in Group-D posts in various zones of the Railways located at Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hajipur during the period 2004-2009. and in lieu thereof, the individuals themselves or their family members transferred their land in the name of Prasad’s family members and a company, AK Infosystems Pvt Ltd, which was subsequently incorporated by Prasad’s family members. Got it.
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It is further alleged that about 1,05,292 square feet of land located in Patna was acquired by Prasad’s family members from those persons through five sale deeds and two gift deeds and in most of the sale deeds, payments to vendors were mentioned Was. paid cash.
The CBI alleged that as per the current circle rate, the cost of the land is around Rs 4.39 crore.
The CBI said the land was directly purchased by Prasad’s family members from vendors at a rate lower than the prevailing circle rate, adding that the prevailing market value of the land was much higher than the circle rate.
It was alleged that due process and guidelines issued by the Railway Authority were not followed for the appointment of the substitute and subsequently his services were also regularised.
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