Land-For-Jobs money laundering case: ED summons Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav

New Delhi : Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav in an alleged connection to the land-for-job scam. Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar has been asked to appear before the agency on December 22 and former Chief Minister of the state has been asked to appear on December 27 this year.

The alleged scam dates back to the time when Lalu Prasad Yadav was Railway Minister during UPA-1 government.

According to reports, it has been alleged that during the period of 2004-2009; a number of people were appointed to Group “D” positions in various zones of Indian Railways. For the appointment, these people had transferred their lands to the family members of the then railway minister Prasad and a linked company A K Infosystems Private Limited.

On November 11, the central agency arrested Amit Katyal, an alleged associate of RJD chief Lalu Prasad and his son Tejashwi Yadav, as part of a money laundering investigation related to the purported land-for-jobs scam case.

Following questioning, Katyal was taken into custody and is anticipated to be presented before a local court, where the ED will request his custody for further interrogation.

According to sources, Katyal had been avoiding the agency's summons for questioning for approximately two months.