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'Rs 600 Cr In Proceeds Of Crime...': ED's Big Claim After Raids On Lalu Yadav Family | India News

‘Rs 600 Cr In Proceeds Of Crime…’: ED’s Huge Declare After Raids On Lalu Yadav Household | Information

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate stated on Saturday that it seized “unaccounted money” price Rs 1 crore and found proceeds of crime price Rs 600 crore after raiding RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s household in reference to a cash laundering case involving the railways’ land for job rip-off, information company PTI reported. ED performed searches at 24 areas within the Railways Land for Job Rip-off, ensuing within the restoration of unaccounted money of Rs 1 Crore, overseas forex together with US$ 1900, 540 gms gold bullion and greater than 1.5 kg of gold jewelry, information company ANI reported. It said that an investigation is being performed to uncover further investments made on behalf of Prasad’s household and their mates in varied sectors, together with actual property, in varied areas.

On Friday, the ED raided quite a few areas related to Prasad’s relations, together with that of his son, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, in Delhi.

ED performed searches at 24 areas within the Railways Land for Job Rip-off, ensuing within the restoration of unaccounted money of Rs 1 Crore, overseas forex together with US$ 1900, 540 gms gold bullion and greater than 1.5 kg of gold jewelry: ED pic.twitter.com/fkPLmUpgPA


— ANI (@ANI) March 11, 2023

The federal company just lately questioned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad and his spouse Rabri Devi in Delhi and Patna respectively. The case pertains to folks allegedly given employment within the railways in return for land parcels gifted or bought at low cost charges to the Yadav household and its associates.

Earlier at this time, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) summoned Tejashwi Yadav to seem for questioning in reference to the alleged land-for-jobs rip-off. 

Tejashwi Yadav was earlier known as for questioning on March 4 however he had not appeared earlier than the CBI sleuths, following which a contemporary date was given for Saturday.

CBI has already filed a chargesheet within the case towards Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi and 14 others. Three folks have been arrested in reference to the case.