Lalu, Rabri, others get summons in land-for-job case
Hindustan TimesA Delhi court on Monday issued summons to former Union railway minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad, his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, daughter Misa Bharti and 13 others in connection with an alleged land-for-jobs scam. Rouse Avenue Court special judge Geetanjali Goel summoned the above people on March 15 after taking cognizance of a charge sheet filed in October last year by the Central Bureau of Investigation which is probing the case. Besides Lalu, his wife and daughter, former general manager of Central Railways, Soumya Raghavan, former railways chief personnel officer Kamal Deep Mainrai, seven aspirants appointed as substitutes and four private individuals have been named in the charge sheet. “A perusal of the charge sheet and the documents and material on record, prima facie shows commission of offences under section 120B read with sections 420, 467, 468 and 471 IPC and sections 8, 9, 11, 12, 13 read with section 13 of PC Act, 1988 and substantive offences thereof.