Tejaswi appears before CBI in land for hotel scam

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Patna : RJD MLA from Raghopur in Vaishali district in North Bihar and Leader of Opposition in Bihar Assembly Tejaswi Yadav was on October 6, 2017, quizzed at CBI headquarters in Delhi by the CBI sleuths in connection with land for hotel scam. Tejaswi, younger son of RJD chief Lalu Prasad, reached the CBI headquarers around 11 am on October 6 and was quizzed for about seven hours. Lalu was grilled for almost seven hours in the case on October 5. The CBI had on September 26 issued summons to both Lalu and Tejaswi, the third in amonth, asking them to appear before it in Delhi.

The CBI had on July 5, 2017, registered a case U/S 120B  r/w 420 of IPC and Section 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act, 1988, against the then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, his wife and former Bihar CM Rabri Devi, his younger son and former Bihar Deputy CM Tejaswi Yadav, a private person based in New Delhi, two Directors of a private Hotel Ltd. Company Vinay Kochar and Vijay Kochar, a private Projects/Marketing company based in Delhi, the then MD, IRCTC and others on the allegations of awarding the tender for development, maintenance and operation of BNR Hotels at Ranchi and Puri to said private Hotel Ltd. Company in 2006.

The case was registered consequent to a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) which prima facie revealed that then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad had allegedly derived undue advantage by abuse of his official position & by way of sale of about 3 acres of land at Patna by the owners of said private Hotel Ltd Company to another private marketing company having a private person ( wife of his close associate) as its Director, at a price which was less than the prevalent circle rate.  It was also alleged that this favour was returned to the company by award of long term lease for the BNR hotels at Ranchi and Puri by manipulating the tender process.

The CBI had on July 7, 2017, carried out search operations at 12 places including Rabri Devi’s official residence at Patna. The CBI sleuths had also quizzed Rabri and Tejaswi on July 7 at Patna.