Thu. Apr 25th, 2024

Delhi’s Patiala House Court on Monday granted regular bail to former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and others in a money laundering case against them in IRCTC scam case. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj granted relief to the accused persons on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and one surety of like amount each.

The court had on January 19 extended the interim bail granted to the three which ended today. Next Date of Hearing is 11th February.

Son of Lalu Yadav and Leader of Opposition in Bihar, Tejashwi Yadav on being granted bail, said, ‘We are confident of getting justice. We trust the judiciary’.
The Enforcement Director, in November last year, 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 April 16 last year 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.

RJD Chief Lalu Yadav is currently lodged in a paying ward of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi. Jharkhand High Court had on January 10 rejected Lalu Yadav’s bail plea in Fodder Scam Cases. Lalu was convicted in fodder scam cases involving the unlawful withdrawal of money from Deoghar, Dumka, and Chaibasa. He has been jailed since December 2017. Yadav is facing fifth case pertaining to the Doranda treasury. The ‘Fodder Scam’, 1996 involves misappropriation of Funds from the treasury of the Bihar Government.

By talharashid

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