Railways land-for-jobs case: ED files charge sheet against Lalu Yadav's family members, others

ED filed its first charge sheet in the railways land-for-jobs linked money laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate on January 9 filed its first charge sheet in the railways land-for-jobs linked money laundering case, naming as accused RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav's wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and their MP daughter Misa Bharti among others, official sources said.

Yadav's another daughter Hema Yadav (40), an alleged "close associate" of the Yadav family Amit Katyal (49), railway employee and alleged beneficiary Hridayanand Chaudhary, two firms A.K. Infosystems Pvt. Ltd. and A B Exports Pvt. Ltd., through their common director Shariqul Bari, have also been named in the charge sheet.

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The complaint, with over 4,700 pages including annexures, has arrayed seven accused. It was filed before a special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court in Delhi that has listed the matter for January 16, the sources said.

Special Judge Vishal Gogne directed the ED to file an e-copy of the charge sheet and documents today itself.

Katyal was arrested in this case by the ED in November last year while Lalu Prasad Yadav was summoned by the agency but is yet to depose. However, his son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav had deposed once before the agency. He has been asked to appear again before it.

The agency is expected to file supplementary charge sheets in the case.