Land-for-jobs ‘scam’: Court adjourns order on cognisance of ED chargesheet against Lalu, Tejashwi

New Delhi, August 24

A Delhi court on Saturday adjourned its order on whether to take cognisance of a supplementary ED chargesheet against former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, his son Tejashwi Yadav and eight others in the alleged land-for-job scam case.

Special Judge Vishal Gogne on Saturday deferred to September 7 the order on the prosecution complaint (ED’s equivalent to a chargesheet), saying some clarifications were required.

The supplementary chargesheet was filed before the court on August 6.

ED filed its cases based on an FIR lodged by CBI.

The case pertains to Group-D appointments made in the West Central Zone of the railways based in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, during Lalu Yadav’s tenure as the railway minister from 2004 to 2009 in return for land parcels gifted or transferred by the recruits in the name of the RJD supremo’s family or associates, ED said.