Days after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) questioned former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi in connection with the money laundering case related to the jobs for land scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided several locations on Friday, including the homes of Lalu Yadav’s daughter Rohini Acharya in Delhi and a close aide in Patna.
The officials also raided the home of ex-RJD MLA Syed Abu Dojana in Phulwari Sharif, Patna.
Earlier on Tuesday, Prasad’s daughter Rohini alleged that his father is constantly being harassed by the central agencies. Her comments came amid CBI’s questioning of Prasad in land for job scam case at her residence in Delhi.
“Papa is constantly being harassed. I will not spare anyone if anything happens to him. You are troubling my father, it is not right. All this will be remembered. Time is mighty, it has great power. This has to be remembered,” she tweeted.
“These people are troubling my father, if due to their actions, he will have any trouble, then we will shake the chair of Delhi. Now, it is going beyond tolerance,” she added.
Meanwhile, a team of six CBI officers questioned former railway minister Prasad on Tuesday in connection with the ongoing investigation into the land-for-jobs scam. Rabri Devi, the former chief minister of Bihar, was interrogated for four hours on Monday at her Patna residence. Lalu Prasad was questioned in Delhi at the home of his daughter Misa Bharti.
CBI already filed its charge sheet in the case. The special court summoned the accused, including Prasad and his family members and others on March 15. The agency has kept the probe open into the alleged scam and the new round of questioning of Yadav family members is in connection with “further investigation” in the case. The team might also seek some additional documents from the family of Lalu Prasad related to the case of alleged land transfer to them in exchange for appointments in Group D posts in railways during 2004-2009.
The CBI alleged in the FIR that some persons, although residents of Patna in Bihar, were appointed as substitutes in Group-D posts during the period 2004-2009 in different zones of the railways located in Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hajipur.