On Friday seventh October 2022, the central bureau of investigation (CBI) filed a cost sheet towards Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and former union railways minister Lalu Prasad Yadav for instances concerning land-for-job scams. A search operation was performed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the residences of senior RJD politicians in Bihar final month in relation to the land-for-jobs rip-off that allegedly occurred when Prasad was the railway minister.
BREAKING: CBI chargesheets former Union Railways Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav for “Land-for-job-scam” instances
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The residences of a number of senior leaders of the RJD, together with MLC Sunil Singh, Rajya Sabha MPs Ashfaq Karim, and Faiyaz Ahmed, and former MLC Subodh Rai have been raided at the moment. The RJD founder Lalu Prasad Yadav, his spouse Rabri Devi, and their daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav have all been named by the CBI within the matter. 12 different people who acquired employment within the Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur, and Hajipur Railway Zones in 2008-2009 are additionally named on this case.
The land-for-job scandal
On September 23, 2021, the CBI launched a preliminary investigation into the land-for-jobs scandal. The central investigation company has opened a preliminary investigation into the declare that quite a few folks have been granted railway employment between 2004 and 2009 in return for land. According to CBI authorities, distinguished properties in Patna have been reportedly offered or handed to the RJD supremo’s relations. The homeowners of those properties or their relations secured a railway job in trade for these properties.
On May 18, 2022, CBI filed a brand new case of corruption towards Lalu Prasad Yadav, his spouse Rabri Devi, and his daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav, accusing them of acquiring land plots as bribes from some individuals who have been recruited within the Railways.
Lalu Prasad Yadav convicted in Fodder rip-off
The RJD patriarch has been convicted within the notorious Fodder Scam, which was unearthed throughout the Nineteen Nineties in united Bihar when Jharkhand was nonetheless part of the state. Lalu Prasad was then the serving Chief Minister.
It was discovered that extreme withdrawals had been the pattern for a number of years. For instance, between the years 1993-96, Rs. 10.5 crores was permitted by the federal government to buy 5,664 pigs, 40,500 hens, 1,577 goats and 995 sheep. However, the State Department of Animal Husbandry withdrew a whopping Rs 255.33 crore. After factoring in over-expenses, based on the Auditor General’s report, the overall fraudulent withdrawals stood at Rs. 409.62 crores.
The Department of Animal Husbandry had allegedly issued pretend payments for big disbursements from authorities treasuries throughout districts of undivided Bihar. It needs to be famous that Lalu Prasad had given himself the extra cost of the state’s Minister of Finance throughout this time.
The Auditor General’s feedback whereas getting ready the report on monetary irregularities drew the imagery which turned synonyms for the fodder rip-off. He commented, “cattle were transported on scooters, police vans, oil tankers and autos”.