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Gold, Cash And What Not Found During Raids On Lalu Yadav’s Daughters & Son’s Premises

During raids on Friday, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) recovered 70 lakh rupees in cash, 1.5 kg gold jewelry, 540 grammes of gold bullion, and foreign currency, including 900 US dollars, from the premises of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughters and son Tejashwi Yadav in connection with a money laundering investigation in an alleged ‘land-for-jobs’ case.

Raids in 24 locations

The ED raided 24 locations in the national capital region (NCR), Patna, Ranchi, and Mumbai, including the residence of Bihar’s deputy chief minister in Delhi. Raids were conducted on the homes of three of Lalu’s daughters, Ragini, Chanda, and Hema Yadav, as well as former RJD MLA Abu Dojana, who is close to Lalu. The central agency also raided the Ghaziabad home of Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Jitendra Yadav.

According to people familiar with the ED investigation, Tejashwi’s residence in New Friends Colony in Delhi, which was raided on Friday, is registered in the name of AK Infosystems Pvt Ltd, an accused company in the case. According to the allegations, one of the land transfers by bribe givers who got jobs in the railways was done to AK Infosystems.

“This means Tejashwi Yadav or Lalu Yadav’s family is living in a house registered in the name of the accused company,” said an unnamed officer.

According to the officer, the ED investigation revealed that four land parcels were sold to Meridian Construction, which is owned by former RJD MLA Abu Dojana.

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The ED raids came after the CBI questioned Lalu’s wife Rabri Devi in Patna on Monday and the former Union minister Lalu in Delhi on Tuesday in connection with the same case.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned Tejashwi for questioning in connection with the alleged land-for-jobs scam on Saturday. Yadav was originally summoned for questioning on March 4, but he did not appear before CBI investigators, so a new date was set for Saturday.

Shruti Chaturvedi

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