The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth over Rs 6 crore belonging to several people belonging to the family of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav in the land-for-jobs scam. The agency has issued the order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach the properties.

According to agency sources, the attached properties are in Patna and Ghaziabad. The action comes a month after the CBI filed a fresh charge sheet in the case against Lalu Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and their son Tejashwi Yadav, the present Deputy Chief Minister.

Designated court against 17 accused including then Railway Minister, his wife, son, then GM of West Central Railway (WCR), two CPOs of WCR, private individuals, private companies in a case related to land-for-job scam, according to CBI This is the second charge sheet in Earlier, on May 18, 2022, the CBI had registered a case against 15 others including the then Union Railway Minister and his wife, two daughters, unknown public servants and private persons.

In this case, the ED had recorded statements of Lalu Prasad's wife and former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, daughters Misa Bharti, Chanda Yadav and Ragini Yadav and their children in the last few months. The alleged scam dates back to the time when Lalu was the railway minister in the UPA-1 government.

The ED and CBI allege that during 2004-09 various persons were appointed to Group-D posts in different zones of the Indian Railways and in return the persons concerned transferred their land to the family members of Lalu Prasad.