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.
Tejashwi Yadav on being granted regular bail in IRCTC scam case: We are confident of getting justice. We trust the judiciary. pic.twitter.com/pe1ycSBkih
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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.