CBI questions Tejashwi Yadav for four hours

Patna, Apr 10 The Central Burea of Investigations addressed Lalu Prasad Yadav's child - Tejaswhi - for four hours on Tuesday regarding the railroad inn delicate case. The RJD supremo and have been in the line of flame since news of the scam first broke.

During his tenure as the railway minister in 2006, Lalu allegedly awarded the support contract for two IRCTC inns – BNR Ranchi and BNR Puri – to a private firm Sujata Hotel, an organization claimed by Vinay and Vijay Kochhar. While Lalu himself is in prison in the wake of being indicted in the grain trick, child Tejashwi and spouse Rabri keep on being in the line of CBI's doubt. While Tejaswhi had just been addressed by the Enforcement Directorate, he was cross examined for four hours by CBI on Tuesday. Rabri Devi too was addressed and seeks were directed at her home.

CBI claims Lalu received a bribe in the form of three acres of the prime plot of land through a benami organization Delight. His relatives too are suspected to have been involved.

On July 7, 2017, the CBI had documented a FIR against Lalu. Around the same time, the office likewise assaulted 12 areas connected to Lalu and his relatives in Patna, New Delhi, Ranchi, and Gurgaon.

The CBI has registered the case against Lalu Yadav, wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi, and Sarla Gupta, the wife of former union minister Prem Chand Gupta.

Others named as charged in the FIR incorporate Vijay Kochhar, Vinay Kochhar, both directors of Sujata Hotels and proprietor of Chanakya Hotel; Delight showcasing organization, now known as Lara Projects and the then Managing Director P K Goel.

The land scam and corruption charges led to a rift between the grand alliance of Nitish Kumar-drove Janata Dal (United) [JD(U)] and RJD, with Tejashwi Yadav losing his situation as the Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister and JDU framing another coalition with BJP.