Written & Edited By : Aditi Mishra
4 0ctober 2023 ( New Delhi ) : The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been ordered by the Delhi court to give copies of the charge sheet to the defendants.
In the alleged land-for-job scam case, Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court today granted bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal leader and former Bihar CM Lalu Yadav, his wife and former Bihar CM Rabri Devi, Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, and others. The court set the subject for the next hearing on October 16 and granted bail to one of the state’s most renowned political families on a personal bond of $50,000.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has been directed by the court to give copies of the chargesheet to the defendants. Following a summons, Yadav, Rabri Devi, and the deputy chief minister of Bihar all personally appeared before Special Judge Geetanjali Goel. On September 22, the Yadav family and 14 other alleged victims of the alleged scheme received summonses from the court.
All of the accused were requested to appear in person before Special Judge Goel after she took note of the new chargesheet submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on July 3. On Tuesday, Lalu Yadav said he had nothing to be afraid of and didn’t seem bothered by the hearing. Hearings continue to occur. The RJD head had questioned, “Have we done something that warrants us being afraid?
The CBI has filed a second chargesheet against 17 defendants in the case, including Yadav, his wife, his younger son, the former general manager of West Central Railways (WCR), a private business, and a few private individuals.
On May 18, 2022, the agency filed a complaint against Yadav and his family, which includes two daughters. The former railway minister is being charged by the CBI with accepting landed property in exchange for the appointment of replacements to Group “D” posts within the Indian Railways. According to the CBI, the accused reportedly obtained applications and supporting documentation from these applicants through associates before sending them to West Central Railway for processing as employment applications. Under the influence of the accused, employment in the railroads were afterwards offered to these people, it continued. According to the agency, these people were initially hired as fill-ins before being made regular employees.
