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Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Misa Bharti granted bail in land-for-job scam case

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 Lalu Prasad, former Chief Minister of Bihar, his wife Rabri Devi, and their daughter Misa Bharti were granted bail in the land-for-job scam case on Monday, March 13th. The case dates back to 2006 when Lalu was the Railway Minister. He allegedly granted two railway hotels in Ranchi and Puri to a private firm in exchange for prime land in Patna. The CBI had filed a charge sheet against Lalu and his family members in 2017. The three accused had already been granted bail in other cases related to the fodder scam and the IRCTC scam. Lalu, who has been suffering from various health issues, had been in jail since December 2017. The granting of bail to the accused has been met with mixed reactions. While supporters of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), the political party founded by Lalu, have welcomed the move, others have criticized it as a failure of the justice system. It is important to note that the granting of bail does not mean that the accused have been acquitted of the charges agai...

CBI summons Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav for questioning in land-for-job scam case

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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has once again summoned Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav to appear before its officials for questioning in connection with a corruption case. This is the fourth time that the CBI has called him for questioning. The case pertains to alleged irregularities in the award of a contract for the maintenance of two railway hotels in Ranchi and Puri when Tejashwi's father and RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was the railway minister between 2004 and 2009. Tejashwi was also a minister in the Bihar government during the period under investigation. The CBI had earlier conducted searches at Tejashwi's residence in Patna and the premises of his family members in connection with the case. The agency also questioned him and his mother Rabri Devi, who is a former Bihar chief minister, in July 2017. Tejashwi has denied any wrongdoing and alleged that the case was politically motivated. He has also claimed that the CBI was acting under pressure from ...