Former Railway Minister and RJD leader Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and their daughter Misa Bharti in connection with a case related to the alleged land-for-job, gets bail from the Rouse Avenue Court of Delhi, today. Reportedly, Lalu Prasad, who recently underwent a kidney transplant was in a wheelchair, reached the Rouse Avenue court and the family appeared before Special Judge.
According to the information, the bail was given on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and one surety of the like amount each. The case relates to alleged appointments made in the railways when Lalu Prasad was railway minister between 2004 and 2009, in return for land parcels gifted or sold to Lalu Prasad’s family.
The CBI, in its charge sheet, has mentioned that irregular appointments were made in the railways, violating laid down norms and procedures of Indian Railways for recruitment. It is alleged that the candidates directly or through their immediate relatives and family members sold land at highly discounted rates up to one-fifth of the prevailing market rates to Lalu Prasad’s family members. On February 27, special judge Goel issued summons to all the accussed, including Misa Bharti, and directed them to appear before the court on March 15.
Notably, the special judge in the court Geetanjali Goel while granting the regular bail said that CBI has filed the chargesheet in the case without any arrest. The next date for the hearing in the case is March 29.
Advocate Mudit Jain, who was appearing for all the accused in the case, stated that CBI should chose not arrest any of the accused person, as they are already co-operating in the case. he also added that the allegations are all based on the assumptions made that the sale was done on valid consideration.
According to sources, the several searches have been made in connection with the case in Delhi-NCR, Patna, Mumbai and Ranchi in Railways Land-for-Job case. The raids are been made at premises of many relatives of Lalu Prasad.
CBI has also summoned Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son and Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in the case. However, he has skipped appearing before the probe agency, stating reason of his wife’s ill health. The chargesheet is been filed against Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti and 13 others in the case by CBI.
Reportedly, the Enforcement Directorate has raided the house of Bihar’s Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav on March 10 and questioned him for 11 hours in connection with the case. Till March 14, Tejashwi Yadav did not appear for questioning in front of probe agency. Earlier, he was summoned on March 4 and March 11, which he skipped.
According to the CBI, the family of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president allegedly paid Rs 26 lakh for more than 1 lakh square feet of land, despite the circular rate at the time placing the land’s total value at more than Rs 4.39 crore. In the FIR, sixteen people are charged. In addition to the 12 persons who were hired in the railway zones of Bombay, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur, and Hajipur, they include Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, and his daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav.
Land-for-job is not the only case filed against the family. A disproportionate assets complaint was filed against Lalu in 1998. Rabri was cited as a co-accused for aiding the crime by the Income-Tax department, which asserted that Lalu had stolen Rs 46 lakh from the government coffers. Both of them were acquitted in the case on 2006. Rabri Devi was chief minister of Bihar and was granted bail. Both, thereafter surrendered before the court in 2000. Lalu, was also granted bail in the case later on by Patna High Court.
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