CBI files final chargesheet in rail job scam; Lalu son Tej Pratap, daughter Hema named for first time | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: Concluding its investigation into the land-for-jobs scam, CBI on Friday filed its final chargesheet against RJD boss and former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tej Pratap, daughter Hema Yadav, former OSD Bhola Yadav and several others.
Those chargesheeted include 29 officials of railways, 37 of those who got group-D jobs when Lalu held charge of the public transporter, and six private persons.
The candidates named in the chargesheet are those who allegedly gave land parcels to the Lalu family in lieu of jobs. The candidates were engaged as substitutes in 11 zones of Indian Railways during the tenure of Lalu as Union railway minister (2004-2009) in the UPA-I govt.
In the chargesheet, CBI has accused the former railway minister of hatching a conspiracy with his family and associates to acquire land by offering employment in the railways.
“To implement the plan, the then railway minister with the help of his then special officer, Bhola Yadav, devised an indirect way wherein the candidates were engaged firstly as substitutes and were later regularised. The then railway minister also entered into conspiracy with officers of Central Railways and others, collected applications and documents of such candidates through his associates and then sent those to Central Railway to process and provide jobs in Railways,” CBI said.
According to CBI, the candidates were engaged in complete violation of guidelines and in lieu of transfer of land by the candidate himself/by family members and/or by submitting fake educational certificates.
Candidates who were engaged as substitutes in different railway zones were mainly from districts which fell in the constituencies of then Union railway minister and his family members.
This is the first time that Tej Pratap and Hema have been chargesheeted in a corruption case. Lalu’s wife Rabri, son Tejaswi (who has been convicted in three cases related to fodder scam), and eldest daughter Misa Bharti, the newly elected member of Lok Sabha from Patliputra constituency, have already been chargesheeted in another corruption case.
Friday’s chargesheet has been filed at the Rouse Avenue Courts under sections of criminal conspiracy, fraud and forgery under IPC besides sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court would consider the chargesheet on July 6. Earlier, CBI had named 16 persons as accused, including Lalu, Rabri Devi and Misa Bharti.
Those chargesheeted include 29 officials of railways, 37 of those who got group-D jobs when Lalu held charge of the public transporter, and six private persons.
The candidates named in the chargesheet are those who allegedly gave land parcels to the Lalu family in lieu of jobs. The candidates were engaged as substitutes in 11 zones of Indian Railways during the tenure of Lalu as Union railway minister (2004-2009) in the UPA-I govt.
In the chargesheet, CBI has accused the former railway minister of hatching a conspiracy with his family and associates to acquire land by offering employment in the railways.
“To implement the plan, the then railway minister with the help of his then special officer, Bhola Yadav, devised an indirect way wherein the candidates were engaged firstly as substitutes and were later regularised. The then railway minister also entered into conspiracy with officers of Central Railways and others, collected applications and documents of such candidates through his associates and then sent those to Central Railway to process and provide jobs in Railways,” CBI said.
According to CBI, the candidates were engaged in complete violation of guidelines and in lieu of transfer of land by the candidate himself/by family members and/or by submitting fake educational certificates.
Candidates who were engaged as substitutes in different railway zones were mainly from districts which fell in the constituencies of then Union railway minister and his family members.
This is the first time that Tej Pratap and Hema have been chargesheeted in a corruption case. Lalu’s wife Rabri, son Tejaswi (who has been convicted in three cases related to fodder scam), and eldest daughter Misa Bharti, the newly elected member of Lok Sabha from Patliputra constituency, have already been chargesheeted in another corruption case.
Friday’s chargesheet has been filed at the Rouse Avenue Courts under sections of criminal conspiracy, fraud and forgery under IPC besides sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court would consider the chargesheet on July 6. Earlier, CBI had named 16 persons as accused, including Lalu, Rabri Devi and Misa Bharti.
