Lalu Yadav, wife, son Tejashwi summon as accused in IRCTC scam

New Delhi : The Delhi court on July 30 convene RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav and others as accused in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam.

The hearing under the special Judge Arvind Kumar directed them to appear before the court on August 31 in a case related to alleged irregularities in yielding operational contract of two IRCTC hotels to a private firm.

To recall, on April 16, this year, the CBI has filed the charge sheet in the case. Accordingly, it says that there are enough evidences against the accused.

Besides Lalu Prasad Yadav and his family members, former union minister Prem Chand Gupta and his wife Sarla Gupta, B K Agarwal, then managing director of IRCTC, and then IRCTC director Rakesh Saxena are also part of charge sheet.

Previously, the CBI had informed the court that sanction has been obtained from the authorities concerned to prosecute Additional Member of Railway Board B K Agarwal, who was then the group general manager of the IRCTC. 

In addition, the charge sheet include the names of then group general managers of IRCTC V K Asthana and R K Goyal, Vijay Kochhar, Vinay Kochhar, both directors of Sujata Hotels and owners of Chanakya Hotel.