ED questions Lalu Prasad's daughter Ragini in land-for-jobs in railways case

The Enforcement Directorate ED on Wednesday recorded the statement of RJD chief Lalu Prasads daughter Ragini Yadav in a money laundering case linked to the alleged landforjobs in railways scam sources saidRagini Yadav deposed before the agency for questioning and her statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act PMLAThe agency had raided the premises of Ragini Yadav her sisters Chanda Yadav and Hema Yadav and former RJD MLA Abu Dojana in Patna Phulwari Sharif DelhiNCR Ranchi and Mumbai in March this yearThe ED had on Monday questioned and recorded the statement of Ragini Yadavs brother and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in this caseA third child of Lalu Prasad RJD MP Misa Bharti was also questioned by the ED in this case on March 25 the same day Tejashwi Yadav had deposed before the CBIBoth the central agencies recently initiated action in the case with the CBI questioning Lalu Prasad and his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and theED carrying out raids against the RJD chiefs familyAlso Read Hoax bomb call sends Patna airport staffers into tizzyThe ED after the searches said it seized unaccounted cash of Rs 1 crore and detected proceeds of crime worth Rs 600 croreIt said the investigation was underway to unearth more investments made on behalf of Prasads family and their associates in various sectors including real estate at various placesThe alleged scam pertains to the period when Prasad was the railway minister in the UPA1 governmentIt is alleged by the agencies that during the period 200409 various persons were appointed to Group D positions in various zones of the Indian Railways and in lieu the persons concerned transferred their land to the family members of Lalu Prasad the then minister of railways and A K Infosystems Pvt Ltd a beneficiary company in this caseIt is alleged by the CBI that no advertisement or public notice was issued for the appointment but some residents of Patna were appointed as substitutes in different zonal railways located at Mumbai Jabalpur Kolkata Jaipur and HazipurAs a quid pro quo the candidates directly or through their immediate family members allegedly sold land to the family members of Prasad at highly discounted rates up to onefourth to onefifth of the prevailing market rates the CBI had allegedDenying the allegationsTejashwi Yadav after the questioning of his parents by the CBI had told reporters that the then railway minister Prasad had no powers to give employment in exchange for favoursThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever