New Delhi, January 27: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court has taken cognizance of the charge sheet filed by ED in the Land for Job case. Special Judge Vishal Gogane directed all the accused to appear on February 9.
The court issued summons to former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, Hima Yadav and Hridayanand Chaudhary and directed them to appear.
The court issued a production warrant against Amit Katyal arrested in this case. The court had reserved the decision on January 18.
Let us inform that during the hearing on January 16, lawyer Manish Jain appearing for ED had said that accused Amit Katyal formed a company named AK Infosystem in 2006-07. This company was related to IT. This company did not actually do any business but purchased many plots of land. One of these plots was obtained through the crime of Land for Job. This company was transferred in the name of Rabri Devi and Tejashwi Yadav in 2014 for Rs 1 lakh. Manish Jain said that ED has arrested only Amit Katyal in this case.
Manish Jain had said that a company named AB Export was formed in 1996 to do export business. In 2007, AB Export Company received Rs 5 crore from five companies and purchased a property in New Friends Colony. Manish Jain had said that there are seven plots involved in this case. Of these, Rabri Devi, Hema Yadav and Misa Bharti acquired plots. Later he sold these plots.
Let us tell you that on January 09, ED had filed a charge sheet in this case. ED has named former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, Hima Yadav, Hradayanand Chaudhary and Amit Katyal as accused in the charge sheet. ED had recently arrested Amit Katyal. In the Land for Job case, CBI had registered the case before ED. The CBI case is also going on in Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court.
On October 04, 2023, the court had granted bail to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Lalu Prasad Yadav and Rabri Devi in โโthe case related to CBI.
The court had taken cognizance of the second charge sheet filed by the CBI on 22 September 2023. On July 03, 2023, CBI had filed a supplementary charge sheet.
On February 27, 2023, the court had taken cognizance of the charge sheet filed against all the accused including these three. On October 07, 2022, CBI had filed a charge sheet against 16 accused including Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi and Misa Bharti in the Land for Job case.
CBI had arrested Bhola Yadav and Hridayanand Chaudhary in the Land for Job scam case. Bhola Yadav was Lalu Yadav’s OSD from 2004 to 2009. The Land for Job scam happened when Lalu Yadav was the Railway Minister. Bhola Yadav is considered to be the mastermind of this scam. It is alleged that when Lalu Yadav was the Railway Minister, he was asked to give land in exchange for job. Bhola Yadav was entrusted with the task of giving land in exchange for job.
Bhola Yadav was elected MLA from Bahadurpur seat in the 2015 Bihar Assembly elections.
Let us tell you that in the third week of May, CBI had raided 17 places related to Lalu Yadav’s family in this case. CBI had raided the locations of Lalu Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and daughter Misa Bharti in Patna, Gopalganj and Delhi.
