Delhi Court Grants Bail to Lalu Yadav, 2 Sons In Land-For-Jobs Case

New Delhi: The RJD chief and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and his sons Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav were granted bail by a Delhi court on Monday in the land-for-jobs money laundering case.

Special Judge Vishal Gogne granted bail to the accused persons on a personal bond of Rs one lakh each.

Lalu Yadav and his sons appeared before the court as per the summons issued to them by the court earlier. The court had issued the summons after taking cognisance of a supplementary chargesheet filed by the ED against the accused persons on August 6.

The case pertains to Group-D appointments made in West Central Zone of the railways based in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh when Lalu Prasad was the railway minister from 2004 to 2009 in return for land parcels gifted or transferred by the recruits in the name of the RJD supremo’s family or associates, alleged the Enforcement Directorate.