Delhi Court to Decide on Lalu Prasad Land-for-Jobs Scam Case

A Delhi court is set to decide whether to take cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate against former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his son Tejashwi Yadav, and eight others in the alleged land-for-jobs scam. The decision will be made on August 17.

A Delhi court is poised to rule on the cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet on August 17. This document, filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), involves key accused former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his son Tejashwi Yadav, and eight others in the purported land-for-jobs scam.

Special Judge Vishal Gogne has deferred the matter, highlighting the extensive nature of the documentation.

The ED lodged the supplementary charge sheet on August 6, following an FIR by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The scandal centers around Group-D appointments in the West Central Zone of the railways in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, implicated during Prasad's tenure as railway minister from 2004 to 2009.