{"id":350448,"date":"2024-10-07T02:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-07T07:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=350448"},"modified":"2024-10-07T02:00:40","modified_gmt":"2024-10-07T07:30:40","slug":"land-for-job-scam-delhi-court-grants-bail-to-lalu-yadav-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/land-for-job-scam-delhi-court-grants-bail-to-lalu-yadav-sons\/","title":{"rendered":"Land-for-job scam: Delhi court grants bail to Lalu Yadav, sons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/10\/Lalu-Tejashwi-and-Tej-Pratap-Yadav-get-bail-will-have-to-surrender-passport-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-350449\" width=\"487\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/10\/Lalu-Tejashwi-and-Tej-Pratap-Yadav-get-bail-will-have-to-surrender-passport-2.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2024\/10\/Lalu-Tejashwi-and-Tej-Pratap-Yadav-get-bail-will-have-to-surrender-passport-2-300x168.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>New Delhi:<strong>\u00a0<\/strong> In a major relief to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his two sons, a court here on Monday granted them bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land-for-job scam.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As per the order of the Rouse Avenue Court, Lalu Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav are required to furnish bail bonds of Rs one lakh each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The next hearing in the case will be on October 25.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The allegations are related to Lalu Yadav&#8217;s tenure as Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009. It is alleged that several people were offered Group-D jobs in various railway zones in exchange for transferring their land to Lalu&#8217;s family members or a related company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Recently, the court summoned Lalu Prasad Yadav, along with his sons, Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav, as well as other family members, in relation to the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Special Judge Vishal Gogne of the Rouse Avenue Court stated that in its prima facie view, it had emerged that Lalu Yadav was in a position to facilitate public employment by his position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The judge mentioned, &#8220;Various persons had parted with land parcels for Lalu\u2019s family at cheaper rates than prevailing market rates while dictating the summoning order.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ordering the accused to to appear before it, the court had also indicated that the involvement of Tej Pratap Yadav cannot be ruled out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other accused involved in the money laundering case are &#8212; former Chief Minister Rabri Devi, Lok Sabha MP Misa Bharti, Lalu Prasad\u2019s daughter Hema Yadav, Amit Katyal, and Hridayanand Choudhary. The charges involve alleged money laundering of Rs 600 crore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Union Ministry of Home Affairs has also granted sanction to the CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) to proceed against Lalu Prasad Yadav in the corruption case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The move came as a &#8220;double blow&#8221; to the Yadav family, intensifying the legal and political pressures on them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Delhi:\u00a0 In a major relief to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his two sons, a court here on Monday granted them bail in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land-for-job scam. As per the order of the Rouse Avenue Court, Lalu Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":350449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1801],"tags":[16690,15964,18688,18689],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350448"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":350450,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350448\/revisions\/350450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/350449"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}