Bihar: ED Names Rabri Devi, Daughter Misa Bharti, Lalu Yadav's Aide In Charge Sheet Of Railways Land-For-Jobs Scam

On Tuesday (9 January), the Enforcement Directorate (ED) lodged its initial charge sheet in the money laundering case connected to railways land-for-jobs, implicating former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, her MP daughter Misa Bharti, and Amit Katyal, an alleged intimate associate of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's family.

The charge sheet, which also names other individuals and companies, was filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi, with the hearing scheduled for 16 January, The Economic Times reported.

Katyal was apprehended by the ED in November of the previous year, while Lalu Prasad Yadav and his son and Bihar deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav have been summoned but have yet to appear.

The purported scam dates back to when Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government, and it is alleged that between 2004 and 2009, several individuals were appointed to Group "D" roles in various Indian Railways zones, and in exchange, these individuals transferred their land to Prasad's family members and a related company, A K Infosystems Private Limited.

The money laundering case, which was filed under the criminal sections of the PMLA, originated from a complaint submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which has previously filed a charge sheet in this case.