CBI reopens graft case against Lalu, names Tejashwi co-accused

Patna : The Central Bureau of Investigation has reopened a corruption case against RJD chief Lalu Prasad.
The case is related to various projects of Indian Railway allotted to a prominent realestate company when he was Union railway minister during the UPA-2 government in the Centre.
The case was lodged against him in 2018 and was closed in May 2021. Besides Lalu Prasad, CBI has also named deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, and his two daughters Rajini Yadav and Chanda Yadav as accused in the case.
During his tenure as a Union railway minister, Lalu Prasad allegedly allotted two projects in Delhi and Mumbai to a shell company funded by a top realestate company of Delhi and took a property in upscale South Delhi in return.
Lalu Prasad is currently recuperating after a kidney transplant in Singapore. His daughter Rohini Acharya had donated the kidney.
Reacting on the case, Jagadanand Singh, state president of RJD said: “BJP is conspiring against opposition leaders. They are misusing the Central agencies for its own vested political interest. BJP leaders are destroying the constitution and constitutional agencies. They want to lodge Lalu Prasad into jail again.”