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ED questions Lalu Prasad’s daughter Ragini in ‘land for job’ case

New Delhi (IANS) | The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday questioned Ragini Yadav, daughter of former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, in an alleged land-for-jobs case, an official said. He was recently called by the ED to join the probe in the case. In this case, ED had also questioned Lalu Prasad’s daughter Misa Yadav and son Tejashwi Yadav.

A source said, Ragini reached the ED headquarters on Wednesday and joined the investigation. On Tuesday, Tejashwi was questioned for about eight hours.

During the investigation, the ED found that 4 parcels of land acquired by Lalu Prasad’s family members from poor Group-D applicants for a mere Rs 7.5 lakh were transferred by Rabri Devi to former RJD MLA Syed Abu Dojana for huge benefits of Rs 3.5 crore. were sold in a deal in collusion with

The ED said that in their investigation it has also come to light that a major part of the amount thus received was transferred to Tejashwi Yadav’s account. ED said- In the investigation, it was found that in the same way land was taken from many poor parents and candidates in lieu of Group D jobs in Railways. During investigation, it has been revealed that more than 50 percent of the candidates recruited in several railway zones were from the constituencies of Lalu Prasad’s family.

–IANS

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