Less than a month before assembly polls in Bihar, a Delhi court on Monday framed charges against Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and their son and leader of opposition Tejashwi Yadav in the alleged IRCTC scam case.
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Rabri Devi's appearance before the central probe agency comes after she skipped similar summonses at least six times.
The agency is probing members of the Lalu Prasad family and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
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The case pertains to allegations that Lalu Prasad, as railway minister, handed over the maintenance of two hotels run by the IRCTC, a subsidiary of the Indian Railways, in Ranchi and Puri to Sujata Hotels, a company owned by Vinay and Vijay Kochhar, in return for a prime plot of three acres in Patna through a benami company.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, which had on April 16 filed the chargesheet in the case, had said that there was enough evidence against the accused.
The case relates to alleged money laundering in granting the operational contract of two IRCTC hotels to a private firm.
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Special Judge Arun Bharadwaj granted relief to Prasad after he was produced before the court through video conference from a Ranchi jail, where he is lodged in another case, as he was unable to come due to health reasons.
Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj also issued a production warrant against Prasad in the case.
The RJD chief has been asked to appear for questioning at the agency headquarters on September 11.
The action is in connection with its money laundering probe in the IRCTC hotel allotment scam case involving Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad and his family.
The ED had registered a criminal case against the Lalu Prasad family members.
They had earlier been called on September 11 and 12 but Lalu did not turn up, citing an ongoing court case in Ranchi where his presence was required, while Tejashwi claimed he had political commitments to take care of.
The court granted bail to Rabri and Tejashwi Yadav in the CBI case on a personal bond of Rs 1 lakh and a surety of a like amount.
The 27-year-old former deputy chief minister of Bihar appeared before the agency after evading three notices for questioning in connection with the case, CBI sources said.
It was announced that no discussion took place regarding Tejashwi's resignation. In fact, his work was appreciated.
Lalu said the Centre was trying to 'frame' him and his family in 'false cases' out of political vendetta.
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Police are investigating whether the 11 members of the family, aged between 15 and 77 years, killed themselves as part of a suicide pact, after they found handwritten notes from the house, which indicated a "religious or spiritual angle" to the deaths.
The case dates back to the time when Lalu was the railway minister in the UPA government.
Searches are being conducted on Friday at 12 locations including Delhi, Patna, Ranchi, Puri and Gurgaon.
Cops investigating the case suggest the deceased might have been into some sort of religious practices.
A neighbour, on the condition of anonymity, said the Bhatia family would never invite neighbours to their house.
The notes also mentioned about "other souls accompanying the spirit of Lalit's father", who had died in 2007, and "how those spirits are still yearning for salvation."
They detailed how by following the rituals, one would not actually die "but would be saved by God and attain something great".
The CM is expected to call a press conference on Monday, say JD-U sources.
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