Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav have been summoned by Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam case.
The scam alleged rigged recruitment in Indian Railways and providing jobs in lieu of land. The Delhi court summoned 14 accused, including their daughter Misa Bharti, on March 15.
Lalu Yadav recently returned home after undergoing a kidney transplant from Singapore.
The CBI, which is probing the allegations of accepting land in lieu of a job in Indian Railways, has filed a charge sheet in the case.
Taking cognisance of the charge sheet, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court sent a summons to a total of 14 people. After questioning all the accused, framing of charges will be done on March 15
Lalu Yadav’s close aide and former MLA Bhola Yadav and Hridayanand Chowdhary are also accused in the railway recruitment scam case. RJD leader Bhola Yadav was arrested by the CBI on July 27.
Bhola was the Officer on Special Duty (OSD) to the then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav between the years 2004 and 2009.
The CBI has alleged that Lalu Prasad Yadav, as the Minister of Railways during the period 2004-2009, had obtained pecuniary advantages in the form of the transfer of landed property in the name of his family members in return for the appointment of substitutes in Group “D” post in different zones of Railways.
In the FIR, CBI has also alleged that “in lieu thereof, the substitutes, who were residents of Patna themselves or through their family members sold and gifted their land situated at Patna in favour of the family members of Lalu Prasad Yadav and a private company controlled by family members, which was also involved in the transfer of such immovable properties in theme of family members.