Rouse Avenue Court To Hear CBI, ED Cases In Land-For-Job Scam On 23 December

The Rouse Avenue Court will hear both the CBI and ED cases related to the Land-for-Job scam on December 23. The court has granted time for the defense lawyer to review the documents attached to the charge sheet in the money laundering case. The lawyer representing the accused informed the court that around 11,000 documents are part of the charge sheet, and at least three more weeks are needed to examine them.

In this case, on October 7, the court granted bail to seven accused, including Lalu Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, and Tej Pratap, on a bond of one lakh rupees each. Earlier, on March 7, the court had granted regular bail to Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, Heema Yadav, and Hridayananda Chaudhary in the ED case. The court took cognizance of the first supplementary charge sheet filed by the ED on September 18.

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Lalu Yadav and his son, Tejashwi Yadav, are among the accused in the ED’s supplementary charge sheet. The ED alleges that Lalu Yadav used his position as Railway Minister to exchange jobs for land. The agency is investigating this case for money laundering and filed a 100-page charge sheet along with 96 documents. The charge sheet includes the names of several individuals, including Lalan Chaudhary, Hazari Rai, and Dharmendra Kumar.

The CBI has also filed its final charge sheet in the case, naming 78 accused, including 38 candidates and several officials. Recently, the CBI informed the court that it has received approval to prosecute 30 more officials, although the approval for some others is still pending. The third supplementary charge sheet filed by the CBI on March 6 includes Bhola Yadav, who was Lalu Prasad Yadav’s secretary and allegedly coordinated the operations.

The investigation continues as both agencies move forward with the case.