The CBI conducted searches at several locations connected to RJD leader Lalu Prasad and his daughter Misa Bharti in a ‘land-for-job’ scam.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted searches at 17 places on Friday connected to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and his daughter, Misa Bharti, in connection with a land for job scam.
The searches are being conducted at several locations in Patna, Gopalganj and Delhi, including premises linked to Lalu, his wife Rabri and daughter Misa.
Lalu Prasad, Rabri Yadav, Misa Yadav, Hema Yadav and some undeserving candidates, who were given jobs in exchange for land at a throwaway price, have been named as accused by the CBI in the FIR.
The scam happened when Lalu Prasad was railway minister. Candidates were doled out jobs in return for land. Prime properties in various parts of Bihar were taken over by companies linked to the Yadav family. The CBI has got the testimony of a few candidates.
“While Lalu Prasad was railway minister, land was taken in exchange for jobs to certain people,” CBI sources told India Today.
A preliminary enquiry was initiated by the CBI which has been converted into an FIR now.
This comes weeks after the RJD leader was granted bail in a fodder scam case. He has already been convicted in four other cases of the fodder scam, and was also accused in the fifth and final case.
