Railway Ministry Exerted Excess Pressure to Clear Appointments of Candidates Who ‘Gifted Land to Lalu Prasad’: CBI in ‘Land-for-Jobs’ Case

CBI: Lalu forced babus to appoint those who gifted him land for jobs

The CBI informed a Delhi court that Lalu Prasad, during his tenure as railway minister, allegedly pressured officials to approve Group-D job applications from individuals who transferred land to him and his family at significantly undervalued rates.

Land-For-Jobs Case: Applicants From 1 State, Recruitment Pattern Under Probe

The CBI, presenting its arguments on framing charges in the land-for-job scam case, questioned how all applicants for Group D posts in some zones of Indian Railways could come from just one state.

Railway ministry exerted excess pressure to clear appointments of candidates who ‘gifted land to Lalu Prasad’: CBI in ‘land-for-jobs’ case

The case pertains to the alleged transfer of land at cheap rates to former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad and his family in return for appointments in the Central Railway between 2004 and 2009, when he was the Union railway minister.