Land for Job case: CBI files charge sheet against Tejashwi-Lalu-Rabri

The CBI filed a chargesheet against Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in the Rouse Avenue court in the land-for-work case. In this case, charges were filed against 17 people including Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi. There was a case against Lalu Prasad Yadav for taking land and giving him a Group D job in the Railways when he was the Railway Minister.

In 2021, the CBI launched an investigation into which 12 people from Patna were given jobs and the issue of land grabbing instead of jobs came to the fore. In this, many countries were named after the family members of Lalu Prasad Yadav. There will be a hearing on this whole matter on July 12.

In 2006-07, A.K. The info system, which registered 6-7 plots, at that time the value of the plots in the register was about 2 million, while the market value was about 10 million. CBI registered two FIRs in the case of land in lieu of jobs, in first FIR already chargesheet was filed against Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi and many others, later second FIR registered by CBI in this case CBI filed first chargesheet against Tejashwi Yadav.

Speaking before a general meeting organized by the opposition in Patna on June 23, Tejashwi Yadav expressed fear that a criminal complaint might be filed against him even before the meeting. Tejashwi Yadav has often said that he was a minor when the matter came to the fore. In this case, CBI called Tejashwi Yadav thrice for questioning, issued notices but he did not come and finally after the end of the budget session of Bihar Legislature, he appeared before CBI for questioning.