Last Update: March 11, 2023, 23:51 IST
The CBI summons comes after the federal agency recently questioned Tejashwi Yadav’s parents earlier (File photo: PTI)
The ED had on Friday raided several places linked to Prasad’s family members, including his son Tejashwi.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday termed as “rumour” the Enforcement Directorate’s claim that crime amounting to Rs 600 crore was unearthed during searches at his and close family members’ premises.
The RJD leader, who is currently in Delhi with his wife who is expecting their first child, also said the BJP would be embarrassed if they made public the “panchnama” (seizure list) signed after the raids .
“Recall, in 2007, transactions worth Rs 8,000 crore involving a mall and hundreds of land plots were alleged”, Yadav tweeted in an apparent reference to the alleged land-hotel scam related to his father Lalu Prasad’s tenure. railway Minister.
Now facing heat in a land-with-jobs ‘scam’ dating back to around the same period, Yadav linked his name to a seized mall in Gurugram, which turned out to be owned by a private company.
The RJD had threatened legal action against media outlets for “incorrectly” reporting that Yadav, the party supremo’s son and heir apparent, owned the commercial establishment.
The RJD leader said, “The BJP government (at the Centre) is again spreading rumours, quoting sources. It should have asked its spin doctors to settle scores of previous operations before coming up with a new story of Rs 600 crore.” ” ,
Earlier in the day, the Enforcement Directorate said it has seized “unaccounted cash” worth Rs one crore and “detected a crime of Rs 600 crore” after raiding RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s family in a money laundering case linked to the railways. Land for job ‘scam’
“Let them make public the signed panchnama (seizure list) after the raids. If we do this on our own, think of the embarrassment these BJP leaders will have to face.” Smiley insisted that he was taking it all on the chin.
The ED on Friday raided several places in Delhi linked to Prasad’s family members, including his son Tejashwi.
The Central Bureau of Investigation had recently questioned Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi, former Chief Ministers of Bihar, in this matter.
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