Setback for Lalu, Rabri, Tejashwi ahead of Bihar elections, charges framed in IRCTC corruption case

The court noted that the CBI presented a chain of evidence and suggested a conspiracy was hatched with Lalu Yadav’s knowledge

A Delhi court has framed charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act pertaining to criminal conspiracy and cheating against Lalu Prasad Yadav in connection with the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotel corruption case.

Yadav has pleaded not guilty and sought trial in the case after the judge read out the charges against him. (Lalu Prasad Yadav | Official X account)

Special judge Vishal Gogne, while reading out the operative part from the order, said that Yadav, during his tenure as railway minister, influenced the tender process of two IRCTC owned hotels by awarding the same to Sujata Hotels. He also noted that he ensured that co-accused, Vijay and Vinay Kochar, gave undervalued land parcels to his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav in the process.

Yadav has pleaded not guilty and sought trial in the case after the judge read out the charges against him.