Land for railway jobs: CBI books Lalu, kin in fresh corruption case-Written by Deeptiman Tiwary | New Delhi
The agency Friday carried out searches at 16 locations associated with Prasad and his family members, including his daughter Misa Bharti.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a corruption case against former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad and his family members for allegedly accepting plots of land in exchange for jobs during his stint as Union Railways Minister.
The agency Friday carried out searches at 16 locations associated with Prasad and his family members, including his daughter Misa Bharti.
CBI sources said the locations were spread across Delhi, Patna and Gopalganj (Bihar). The agency has alleged that as many as 12 people from Patna were appointed to Group D posts in the Railways when Prasad was the Union minister. In lieu of these appointments, the family got seven plots of land in the city and elsewhere for a pittance, said officials. The plots belonged to the families of those 12 people.
According to the CBI, the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief’s family acquired over 1 lakh sq. ft of land for Rs 26 lakh — the circle rate of that time puts the land’s cumulative value at more than Rs 4.39 crore.