Enforcement Directorate To Question Tejashwi Yadav Tomorrow In Land-For-Jobs Case
NDTV
Mr Yadav and his family members are accused of buying land dirt-cheap in exchange for jobs during his father RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav's stint as Union Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009.
The Enforcement Directorate will tomorrow question Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in the land-for-jobs case. The probe agency has summoned Mr Yadav to its Delhi headquarters. The ED had conducted raids at his Delhi residence soon after Holi, and claimed searches at 24 locations led to recovery of a large sum of unaccounted cash and other valuable belongings. Mr Yadav hit back, saying the agency got "zero" in their searches, and challenged them to make the seizure list public. He also slammed the BJP government for "spreading rumours" and "planting news".
Mr Yadav and his family members are accused of buying land dirt-cheap in exchange for jobs during his father RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav's stint as Union Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009.
The current market value of land allegedly acquired in exchange for jobs by Lalu Yadav's family when he was the Railway Minister is approximately Rs 200 crore, ED had claimed.
ED claimed that its searches last month at 24 locations in Delhi-National Capital Region, Patna, Mumbai and Ranchi led to the recovery of unaccounted Rs 1 crore cash, foreign currency of $1,900, 540-gram gold bullion, over 1.5 kg of gold jewellery worth Rs 1.25 crore and property documents in the name of Lalu Yadav's family members.
