Land-for-jobs case after Prasad, ED questions son Tejashwi Yadav

New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday questioned Bihar's former deputy chief minister and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav for nearly eight hours in its Patna office in the land-for-jobs case, a day after questioning his father and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad for nearly 10 hours. The agency is set to file a supplementary charge sheet against them alleging their "direct" involvement in the case.

Yadav was confronted with the statement of co-accused Ankit Katyal, who, according to ED, "knowingly assisted" Prasad, Yadav and their family members in money laundering. Yadav was also asked about a property in New Friends Colony in New Delhi.

ET had reported earlier this month that AK Infosystems (co-accused) had received a land parcel from a relative of a candidate, who was selected as Group-D substitute in the railways allegedly at the behest of Prasad. The company was later handed over to Prasad's family members in 2014 by Katyal without any monetary benefit.


The agency has alleged that "proceeds of crime" were utilised to purchase a property in New Friends Colony, New Delhi, which was purchased in the name of another company AB Exports Ltd. ED has alleged that Katyal is a close aide of Prasad and his family.

The agency had earlier this month filed a charge sheet against former Bihar CM Rabri Devi, her MP daughter Misa Bharti and another daughter Hema Yadav in the same case. Names of Prasad and Yadav did not feature in this charge sheet. "The role of Rabri Devi and her two daughters is rather indirect because they are beneficiaries of the proceeds of crime. But the role of Prasad and Yadav is direct," claimed an official.

raghav.ohri@timesgroup.com