New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday granted regular bail to former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and the couple’s daughter Misa Bharti who appeared before the judge in the land-for-jobs scam.
The court directed the Yadavs and 13 others – who were also summoned — to furnish Rs 50,000 as personal bail bond and a similar amount as surety.
Investigating the case, the Central Bureau of Investigation has said that irregular appointments of candidates were made in the Central Railway, violating norms and procedures of Indian Railways for recruitment when Yadav was Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009.
The probe agency said as a quid pro quo, the candidates “directly or through their immediate relatives and family members, sold land to the family members of Lalu Prasad Yadav (then Union Railway Minister) at highly discounted rates up to 1/4th to 1/5th of the prevailing market rates”.
On 6 March, the CBI questioned former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi at her Patna home.
The very next day, they interrogated Lalu Prasad at the Pandara Park residence of his MP daughter Misa, where he is recuperating from a kidney transplant.
Incidentally, the Yadavs were also raided by the Enforcement directorate (ED) while the CBI carried out its investigation.
An ED team on 10 March searched the Delhi home of Yadav’s son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav for over 11 hours.
The same day, the ED conducted searches at 24 locations at various places in Delhi NCR, Patna, Mumbai and Ranchi in the land-for-job scams.
The ED also raided many relatives of Lalu Prasad Yadav at multiple locations across Delhi, and Bihar.
Also read: Rumoured attacks on migrant workers: BJP spokesman files plea in Madurai HC seeking anticipatory…