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Business News/ Politics / Policy/  Lalu’s wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi get fresh summons in money laundering case
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Lalu’s wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi get fresh summons in money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate issues fresh summons to Lalu Yadav's wife and former Bihar CM Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi in connection with its money laundering case

Tejashwi has been summoned on 24 October, and Rabri called on 27 October for questioning in the money laundering case. Photo: PTIPremium
Tejashwi has been summoned on 24 October, and Rabri called on 27 October for questioning in the money laundering case. Photo: PTI

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued fresh summons to Lalu Prasad Yadav’s wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and his son Tejashwi Yadav in connection with its money laundering probe into the railway hotels allotment case dating back to the United Progressive Alliance-I (UPA-I) rule, people familiar with the matter said.

They said while Tejashwi has been summoned on 24 October, Rabri has been called on 27 October for questioning in the case. While Tejashwi, a former Bihar deputy chief minister, had been grilled once by the central agency for more than nine hours, Rabri had skipped the summons at least four times.

The agency is probing members of the Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). In July, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had registered a criminal first information report (FIR) and conducted multiple searches on the properties of Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is also a former Bihar chief minister, and others.

The CBI FIR alleges that Lalu Prasad Yadav, as railway minister, handed over the maintenance of two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels to a company after receiving a bribe in the form of prime land in Patna through a ‘benami’ company owned by Sarla Gupta, wife of Prem Chand Gupta, a former Union minister.

Lalu Prasad Yadav was railway minister between 2004 and 2009. The ED had registered a criminal case against Lalu Prasad Yadav’s family members and others under the PMLA, based on the CBI FIR. It had earlier questioned Sarla Gupta and others. The CBI has also recently recorded the statements of Tejashwi Yadav and Lalu Prasad Yadav in this case.

The ED is investigating the alleged “proceeds of crime" generated by the accused, purportedly through shell companies in this case, officials have said. Others named in the CBI FIR include Vijay and Vinay Kochhar (both directors of Sujata Hotels), Delight Marketing company, now known as Lara Projects, and then IRCTC managing director P.K. Goel.

The CBI FIR was registered on 5 July in connection with favours allegedly extended to Sujata Hotels in awarding a contract for the upkeep of the hotels in Ranchi and Puri and receiving premium land as ‘quid pro quo’.

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Published: 21 Oct 2017, 11:31 AM IST
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