At least 15 places linked to former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members are being raided by Central Bureau of Investigation teams. The latest allegations are related to the land scam. Sources told News18 that the RJD supremo had given jobs to some people from Bihar division in the railways during his tenure as CM.
“The land was bought at cheap prices by the family members of Lalu Yadav in lieu of giving him a job in the railways,” sources said, adding that the CBI has evidence of at least a dozen such cases so far. He further said that the Yadav family was planning the project by making a land pool.
A CBI source said that a total of 16 locations, including Delhi, Patna and Gopalganj, are being raided so far.
“It is unfortunate that a sick person is being deliberately harassed like this. It is well known who is behind this,” said Prabhunath Yadav, brother of RJD chief Lalu Yadav. RJD leaders and workers were also seen opposing the CBI raid.
Patna, Bihar | RJD leaders and workers protest the ongoing CBI raids of party chief Lalu Yadav at many places
The CBI is conducting raids in connection with a fresh case related to the alleged ‘land for railway jobs scam’. pic.twitter.com/QNWjNZTpdU
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The former Bihar chief minister was sentenced to five years in jail earlier this year and fined Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court in Ranchi in the fifth fodder scam case involving embezzlement of over Rs 139 crore by the Doranda treasury. Was.
The fodder scam, popularly known as the fodder scam, refers to dozens of cases of financial irregularities in the Animal Husbandry Department of undivided Bihar between 1985–1995, amounting to around Rs 930 crore.
Prasad held the finance portfolio of undivided Bihar during the period of the scandal, of which he was the chief minister. He had allegedly received the bribe through the Animal Husbandry Department.
Fake invoices and bills were made, which were disposed of by the Finance Department and released money from the treasury.
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) warned about money laundering in the treasuries of Bihar in 1985, when the details of expenditure were not submitted on time. Congress was in power in the state at that time and Jagannath Mishra was the Chief Minister.
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