CBI files chargesheet against Lalu Yadav in alleged land-for-job fraud

New Delhi, October 7: In the job scam during Lalu Prasad Yadav's tenure as Railway Minister in the Congress-led UPA government over 10 years ago, the CBI today filed a chargesheet in a court here against 16 people, including two former chief ministers him and his wife Rabri Devi.

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The agency had filed the FIR on May 18 against the husband-wife and two of their daughters, Misa Bharti and Hema Yadav, besides 12 people who got jobs in the railways. Most of them are on bail.

The gist of the allegation is that over 1 lakh square feet of land belonging to job aspirants' families in Patna was allegedly transferred to Lalu Yadav's family in return for jobs.

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-PTC News