Bihar News / ED sent summons to Tejashwi and Lalu Yadav, called for questioning in this case

Bihar News: ED on Friday issued fresh summons to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav in the Land for Job case. ED officials went to Rabri residence in Patna and gave the summons and then returned. According to the information received, summons have been sent to Lalu family for questioning in the money laundering case related to the alleged land-for-job scam.

Called for questioning on 29th and 30th January

It is being told that ED has called Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav for questioning on 29 and 30 January. Both the leaders have been asked to appear at the ED zonal office in Patna. The summons has been sent to him personally at his residence in Bihar.

What is the whole matter

Let us tell you that in a case related to the alleged scam of job in exchange for land, former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife and former Chief Minister of Bihar Rabri Devi, her daughter Misa Bharti and Tejashwi Yadav have got bail from the court. The case pertains to appointments made in the Railways in exchange for land allegedly gifted or sold to Lalu Prasad's family when he was the Railway Minister between 2004 and 2009.

The CBI had said in its charge sheet that appointments were made in the Railways in violation of the laid down norms and procedures of the Indian Railways. It also alleges that in exchange for jobs, the candidates sold land directly or through their close relatives and family members to the family members of the then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad at prices much lower than market rates.