ED Raids: ED raid houses of Lalu’s family and associates, seizes Rs 53 lakh and gold
ED Raids: Former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad Yadav and his entire family seem to be in trouble once again. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided 15 places, including Tejashwi Yadav’s residence in Delhi.
Let us tell you that on Friday, ED raided Tejashwi Yadav’s New Friends Colony residence in Delhi, where he lives with his wife Rajshree.
Tejashwi Yadav was also present during the raid. The central agency had raided the locations of Lalu Prasad’s family and friends.
A day after the raids, RJD president Lalu Prasad on Saturday hit out at the BJP, saying his pregnant daughter-in-law was forced to sit for 15 hours by the ED sent it.
According to news agency ANI, Tejashwi Yadav’s wife was admitted to a private hospital in Delhi yesterday after the ED raid. She is pregnant. After 12 hours of interrogation, she fainted due to BP problem.
ED raids: Tejashwi asks for time
Tejashwi Yadav has sought more time from the CBI, citing his wife’s health, to join the probe into the land-for-job scam.
The CBI had on Saturday summoned him to join the investigation to record his statement in the case.
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Earlier, the RJD leader was called to join the probe on March 4, but he missed it. Now the investigating agency will send a third summon to him in the coming days.
ED raids: ED seized Rs 53 lakh and gold
At the same time, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized Rs 53 lakh in cash, 540 grams of gold, gold ornaments weighing 1.5 kg and US $ 1900 during raids on the premises of former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad’s close aides and family in the land-for-job case.
Have been confiscated. According to an official of the probe agency, the above seizures were made in raids conducted on Friday at the residences of Lalu Prasad’s close aides and family members in connection with the scam.
According to an official of the probe agency, the above seizures were made in Friday’s raids at the residences of Lalu Prasad’s close aides and family members in connection with the scam.
In its case, the CBI had alleged that the accused, in connivance with the then General Manager of the Central Railway and the CPO of the Central Railway, had appointed people in their names or those of close relatives of the Lalu family in exchange for land.