Fri. Mar 29th, 2024

A Delhi court directed Rashtriya Janta Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to appear before it on December 20 through video conference in connection with the IRCTC scam case. Special judge Arun Bharadwaj passed the directions after he was told that the accused could not appear before the court, as per earlier direction, owing to his ill health.

The court directed the Central Bureau of Investigations and Enforcement Directorate to ensure RJD Chief Lalu Prasad’s presence from video conference from the hospital if he is still admitted there, or from jail.

The Enforcement Director, meanwhile, opposed the bail application of Prasad’s wife Rabri Devi, son Tejaswi Yadav and others on the grounds that they were influential persons who could hamper the probe if granted the relief. The case is related to alleged irregularities in granting operational contract of two IRCTC hotels to a private firm.

The CBI, which had filed the charge sheet in the case early this year on April 16 had said that there was enough evidence against the accused.

Besides Yadav and his family members, former Union minister Prem Chand Gupta and his wife Sarla Gupta, B.K Aggarwal, the managing director of IRCTC and then IRCTC Director Rakesh  Saxena were also named in the charge sheet. The other names in the charge sheet include then group general manager of IRCTC VK Asthana and RK Goyal, Vijay Kochhar, Vinay Kochhar both directors of Sujata Hotels and Owners of Chanakya.

By talharashid

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