The rip-off entails individuals being given employment within the railways in change for land parcels. (File)
New Delhi:
In a significant setback for the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the CBI has filed a chargesheet in opposition to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav and his dad and mom and former chief ministers Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi within the land-for-jobs rip-off.
Tejashwi and Lalu Yadav have been on the forefront of efforts to unite the opposition and performed a key function in organising the mega meet of 16 opposition events that was held in Patna on June 23.
The land-for-jobs rip-off entails individuals allegedly being given employment within the Indian Railways from 2004 to 2009 – when Lalu Yadav was the railway minister – in return for land parcels being gifted or offered at low cost charges to the Yadav household.
Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi had been questioned by the CBI in reference to the case in March. The couple, and their daughter Misa Bharti, had additionally been named in an earlier chargesheet filed within the case final yr.
Information company PTI reported that the recent chargesheet has been filed primarily based on paperwork and proof that surfaced after the primary chargesheet was submitted. The CBI has additionally named AK Infosystems and a number of other middlemen within the case, the report stated.
