Court reserves order on summoning Lalu, Tejaswi Yadav in land for job PMLA case

Edited and posted by Al Ngullie
August 17,2024 05:04 PM
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The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday reserved an order on summoning former Railway Minister and former Bihar Deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav and others in land for a job money laundering case under PMLA.

New Delhi [India], August 17 (HBTV): The Rouse Avenue court on Saturday reserved an order on summoning former Railway Minister and former Bihar Deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav and others in land for a job money laundering case under PMLA. The court is to pronounce the order on August 24.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has recently filed a supplementary charge sheet. 

Special judge Vishal Gogne after considering the supplementary charge sheet and submissions of ED's counsel reserved the order on summoning Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejaswi Yadav, and nine other charge-sheeted accused. 

The ED on August 6, filed an Ist supplementary charge sheet against Former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, former deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav, and other accused. 

This supplementary charge sheet has the names of Lallan Chaudhary, Hazari Rai, Dharmender Kumar, Akhileshwar Singh, Ravinder Kumar, Late Lal Babu Rai, Sonmatia Devi, Late Kishun Dev Rai and Sanjay Rai. 

It also has 96 relied-upon documents. 

On July 6, the Rouse Avenue court granted time and directed that ED shall file an additional/ concluding charge sheet by the next date of hearing. 

The joint director of Enforcement Director had also appeared under the direction of the court. He apprised the court about the status of the investigation and steps taken by the agency.

Former Bihar CM Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, and Hema along with other accused had already been charge-sheeted by the ED in this case. 

ED's SPP Manish Jain along with Snehal Sharda appeared for ED before the court.

The special public prosecutor (SPP) clarified that it is a supplementary charge sheet based on the evidence and material the agency has till now. 

Earlier, the court had directed the ED to expedite the investigation, it had directed that ED shall file an additional/concluding charge sheet by the next date. 

In April, the court had directed the ED to finalise the conclusion of the pending investigation in the Land for Job money laundering case within two weeks. 

In this case, Bihar's former CM Rabri Devi, and her daughters Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav have been charge-sheeted along with Amit Katyal and Hridyanand Chaudhary. All accused except Amit Katyal appeared through video conferencing. 

On February 28, the court granted regular bail to Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, Hema Yadav, and Hridyanand Chaudhary.

On January 27, the court issued summons to former Bihar CM Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, Hema Yadav, Hridyanand Chaudhary and other accused in the Land for Job money laundering case. Amit Katyal was arrested by the ED during the investigation. 

Two firms namely A K Infosystem and A B Export have also been accused in this case. 

(ANI)