File photo of the premises of Rajya Sabha member Premchand Gupta in the land for job case | photo credit: Kamal Narang
The CBI on Tuesday carried out searches at nine locations of RJD MLA Kiran Devi and Rajya Sabha member Prem Chand Gupta in several states. land scam for jobofficials said.
He said the searches were conducted after the alleged role of the two leaders in the scam came to the fore.
The searches were carried out at the premises of Kiran Devi and her husband Arun Singh in Arrah and Patna in Bihar, and Gupta’s premises in Gurugram, Rewari, Noida and Delhi, they said.
It is alleged that during RJD supremo Lalu Prasad’s tenure as Railway Minister from 2004-2009, appointments were made in Central Railway in violation of recruitment rules and procedures.
No advertisement or public notice was issued for the appointment, but some residents of Patna were appointed as officiators in various zonal railways located in Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hajipur, it is alleged.