Delhi Court Grants Bail To Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi And Tejashwi Yadav In Land For Jobs Scam Case

A Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to RJD leaders Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi and Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Prasad Yadav in the alleged land-for-jobs scam case.

The Court had earlier issued summons to the aforementioned political leaders and fourteen other accused after taking cognizance of a fresh chargesheet filed by the CBI on July 3.

CBI had filed a chargesheet in the case on October 10, 2022, against 16 persons. Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, daughter Misa Bharti and other individuals are accused in the matter.

It is the case of the agency that various residents of Bihar were appointed as substitutes in “Group-D posts” from 2004 to 2009 in different zones of Railways located at Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hajipur.

It has been alleged that in lieu of the same, the individuals themselves or their families transferred their land in the name of then Union Minister of Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family members and a company namely M/s AK Infosystems Private Limited, which was subsequently taken over by his family members.

CBI had claimed that the appointments made in the railways were not in consonance with the standards and guidelines established by the Indian Railways for hiring.

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