The Rouse Avenue Court issued a summon to Lalu Prasad and his family members.

The Rouse Avenue Court issued a summon to Lalu Prasad and his family members.

New Delhi, September 18: The Special Rouse Avenue Court in New Delhi issued summons to RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav and other members of the family and close associates in the IRCTC land for job case on Wednesday.

The court has issued the summons following the charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on August 6 this year. The Rouse Avenue Court has directed them to appear during the next hearing.

Lalu Prasad Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti, Hema Yadav, Amit Katyal, and Hridayanand Choudhary are facing money laundering charges.

The case dates back to Lalu Prasad Yadav’s tenure as Union Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009, during which he allegedly provided Group D jobs to several individuals in exchange for their lands.

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Following the summons, Neeraj Kumar, JD (U) MLC and spokesperson, criticized Tejashwi Yadav.

“Tejashwi Yadav planned a foreign tour with the court’s permission, yet now faces summons from the Rouse Avenue Court in the money laundering case. This is called hail as soon as shave your head. He and his family members own 43 Bigha, 12 Katha and 16 Dhur of land in the Patna district. They are the biggest landlord of Patna.” 

“The leaders of the ruling parties are unnecessarily targeting Tejashwi Yadav. We are the people who always respect the court orders. As far as his foreign tour is concerned, I want to say that PM Narendra Modi frequently visits foreign countries but no one puts a question mark on him. If our leader goes on a foreign tour, they are putting a question mark. Tejashwi Yadav lives in the heart of the people of Bihar. His recent Aabhar Yatra actually bothering them,” said Mritunjay Tiwari, spokesperson of RJD.

EOM.