The Central Bureau of Investigation on Monday filed a chargesheet against Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav, Rashtriya Janata Dal(RJD) chief Lalu Yadav and Rabri Devi in land-for-job scam.
The chargesheet, which also names 14 others, is the second chargesheet in the case. It has been filed on the basis of documents and evidence that surfaced after the first charge sheet was submitted in the case, they said.
Besides members of the Yadav clan, the CBI has also named AK Infosystems and several middlemen in the case, they said.
The chargesheet has been filed before Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court. However, no date for the hearing on this chargesheet has been provided yet.
The case is already scheduled for a hearing on July 12.
The land-for-jobs case pertains to alleged appointments that were made in the railways in exchange for land parcels given or sold to Yadav’s family during his tenure as the Minister of Railways from 2004 to 2009.
It is alleged that the jobs were exchanged for land parcels that were either gifted or sold at discounted rates to the Yadav family and their associates.
Tejashwi Yadav has denied these allegations in the past, saying that the then railway minister Prasad had “no powers” to give employment in exchange for favours.