Delhi court summons Lalu Prasad, Tejashwi Yadav in land for job case

A local court here on Wednesday summoned former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his son and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, and others chargesheeted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) for their alleged involvement in the land-for jobs case.

Lalu, his son and others have been directed to appear before the court on October 7. The court passed the order after taking cognisance of a supplementary chargesheet filed by the ED against the accused.

"Prima facie, it emerges that Lalu Prasad was in a position to facilitate public employment by virtue of his position. Various persons had parted with land parcels for Lalu's family at cheaper rates than prevailing market rates," said Special Judge Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court while dictating the summoning order.


"Lalu seems to have doled out government jobs in exchange for land parcels. Tejashwi (Yadav) had allegedly received shares of a company AK Infosystems at a pittance. There is sufficient material on record to gather use of proceeds of crime. Similarly, the accused persons who sold their land holdings can be viewed to have consciously entered into this and generated proceeds of crime," the judge added.

While Tej Pratap Yadav, Lalu's other son, was not made an accused in the supplementary chargesheet by the ED, the court has summoned him as well on October 7.