A delhi court on friday (May 23, 2025) reserved its decision on taking cognizance of the chargesheet filed against former Railway minister Lalu prasad Yadav in the money laundering case related to the alleged land for job scam. Special Judge vishal Gogne reserved the order for june 3 after hearing the arguments of the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
The judge was informed on May 14 that the agency has received the necessary approval to prosecute Lalu prasad in the alleged scam. It is alleged that this alleged scam took place when Lalu prasad was the Union Railway Minister. President draupadi murmu on May 8 gave approval to prosecute Lalu Yadav in the money laundering case. Murmu gave permission under Section 197 (1) of the CrPC (Section 218 of the indian Civil Security Code, 2023).
Land for job scam
The judge had said on May 14, "ED has filed an application to bring on record the sanction received from the Ministry of home Affairs, government of India, to prosecute Lalu prasad Yadav." Advocate manish Jain appeared on behalf of the ED. The ED, which is investigating the case, had filed a chargesheet against 76-year-old Lalu Prasad, his son and former bihar Deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and other family members in august last year.
In january 2024, the ED had filed its first chargesheet against amit Katyal, an alleged associate of the prasad family, and other members of Prasad's family. The chargesheet included the names of Prasad's wife and former bihar chief minister Rabri Devi, daughter and mp Misa Bharti, another daughter hema Yadav and two associated companies - AK Infosystems Private Limited and AB Exports Private Limited. The court had recently taken cognizance of both these chargesheets (prosecution complaints).
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