Enforcement Directorate to interrogate Tejashwi Yadav today in land-for-jobs case

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Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav, will be questioned by the Enforcement Directorate at the agency's Patna office on Tuesday in the land-for-jobs case, sources told India Today.

The central probe agency had issued the summons to Tejashwi on January 19.

Earlier on Monday, RJD supremo and Tejashwi's father Lalu Prasad Yadav was also questioned by the Enforcement Directorate at the agency's Patna office in the land-for-jobs case for nearly 10 hours.

Misha Bharti, his daughter and a co-accused in the case accompanied the leader to the office and a large number of RJD workers also gathered outside the office of the central agency. They protested outside the office, shouting slogans against the central government.

Land-for-Job Scam case

The alleged scam pertains to the period when Lalu Yadav was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government from 2004 to 2009.

It is alleged that from 2004 to 2009, several people were appointed to Group "D" positions in various zones of the Indian Railways and in return, these people transferred their land as bribes to the family members of the then railway minister and a linked company named A K Infosystems Private Limited.

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Sudeep Lavania

Published On:

Jan 30, 2024