: CBI seeks cancellation of Tejashwi Yadav’s bail in IRCTC scam #IndiaNEWS The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday moved a Delhi court seeking cancellation of bail to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister

CBI seeks cancellation of Tejashwi Yadav’s bail in IRCTC scam #IndiaNEWS
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Saturday moved a Delhi court seeking cancellation of bail to Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation scam, PTI reported.In its plea, the agency claimed that Yadav has openly warned CBI officers against carrying out an investigation in the case, according to ANI.Special Judge Geetanjali Goel issued a notice to Yadav and sought his reply by September 28.The case relates to alleged irregularities in a tender awarded to a private company called Sujata Hotels to develop and operate two railway hotels in Ranchi and Puri in 2005, when Tejashwi’s father Lalu Prasad Yadav was the Union railways minister. In return, he allegedly received a three-acre plot worth Rs 45 crore through a benami company owned by the wife of a Rashtriya Janata Dal parliamentarian.The plot was also shown as agricultural land, which caused losses to the state exchequer as agricultural land is exempt from certain taxes. After Lalu Yadav demitted office in 2009, the shares of the benami company were transferred to Tejashwi Yadav and his mother, former Chief Minister Rabri Devi between 2010 and 2014. The term benami refers to a transaction or contract held or carried out in the name of someone other...Read more

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