IRCTC scam : Chargesheet against Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi

IRCTC scam : Chargesheet against Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi

New Delhi, Aug 24: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday filed chargesheet against former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and others in a money laundering case related to the 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract. The chargesheet was filed before Special Judge Arvind Kumar who has listed the matter for further hearing on August 25.

The case relates to alleged irregularities in the allotment of contracts of two IRCTC hotels in Ranchi and Puri in 2006 to a private firm involving a bribe in the form of a three-acre commercial plot at a prime location in Patna district. ED in its chargesheet has also named Prasad’s party colleague P.C. Gupta, his wife Sarla Gupta, a firm Lara Projects and 10 others as accused in Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels tender case. (IANS)

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