08-11-2008, 09:25 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Land-for-job scandal stings Lalu Yadav </b>
Pioneer.com
Amarnath Tewary | Patna
UPA partners reel under impact of scandals caught on camera
Railway Minister and RJD boss Lalu Prasad Yadav has landed in a fresh controversy over grabbing land from poor people for providing railway jobs. Lalu has been also accused of awarding lease of two railway hotels in lieu of land.
Reports said the land surrounding Lalu's sprawling cowshed in Danapur was extracted from poor job aspirants. Also, as part of a similar racket, Rabri Devi and her son Tej Pratap received 3 kattas and 4 kattas from job seekers. Though the land is registered in their names, there is no mention of the cost in the registry papers.
Besides, some of the plots acquired in lieu of railway jobs have been registered in the name of beer company AK Infosystem, based in Bihta, near Patna. The company is owned by Amit Katiyal who, along with another of Lalu's kin, is alleged to be the beneficiary of the land-for-job racket.
Not only this, according to reports in a local Hindi newspaper, Lalu had given two Bengal Nagpur Railway hotels -- one in Puri and the other in Ranchi -- to a hotelier Kochar family on a 15-year lease on February 25, 2005. The Kochar family owns Chanakya hotel in Patna and Sujata hotel in Ranchi. The report suggests that as quid pro quo, the Kochar family had registered two acres of prime land on Bailey Road in the name of Elite Marketing (1-39, Defence Colony, New Delhi) for only Rs 90 lakh. The report claims that the company was registered before the deal was struck. Significantly, the report adds, 2,600 of the company's 3,600 shares are in the name of the wife of a Central Minister said to be close to Lalu.
An IBN-7 expose on Monday suggested that Lalu's father-in-law Shiv Prasad Yadav had 21 kattas of land registered in his name in different localities of Patna, which he later gifted to Rabri. Incidentally, the RJD boss had declared before a CBI court in the multi-crore fodder scam that he had no land in Patna.
The channel report said that one Vishnu Dev was among the people who sold their land to Lalu's relatives in exchange for a job. Vishnu and many of his family members are now railway employees. The sting operation footage shows Vishnu claiming that he and his relatives acquired their jobs because of Lalu. "They've passed orders to recruit six persons. There are eight persons in all. I have to wait for another 10 days... I have spoken to Bhola about it," the footage shows Vishnu as saying. Bhola is Lalu's personal assistant, Vishnu says.
<b>The expose shows that Kishundev, one of Vishnu's relatives, sold his plot on February 5, 2008, to Rabri for Rs 4,21,000. The document, however, doesn't mention that Rabri made this payment. Vishnu's case is not an isolated one. Baldev Rai and many of his relatives also are railway employees. He too claims that he sold his land to Lalu for a job.</b>
The channel report stated Meanwhile, Lalu claimed that the charges were "sponsored" by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and that it was a design to malign his image.
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No surprise, Moron Singh and Queen had asked CBI to do nothing on Chara Bribery case and now this. Indian Chors are supported by crooks.
Pioneer.com
Amarnath Tewary | Patna
UPA partners reel under impact of scandals caught on camera
Railway Minister and RJD boss Lalu Prasad Yadav has landed in a fresh controversy over grabbing land from poor people for providing railway jobs. Lalu has been also accused of awarding lease of two railway hotels in lieu of land.
Reports said the land surrounding Lalu's sprawling cowshed in Danapur was extracted from poor job aspirants. Also, as part of a similar racket, Rabri Devi and her son Tej Pratap received 3 kattas and 4 kattas from job seekers. Though the land is registered in their names, there is no mention of the cost in the registry papers.
Besides, some of the plots acquired in lieu of railway jobs have been registered in the name of beer company AK Infosystem, based in Bihta, near Patna. The company is owned by Amit Katiyal who, along with another of Lalu's kin, is alleged to be the beneficiary of the land-for-job racket.
Not only this, according to reports in a local Hindi newspaper, Lalu had given two Bengal Nagpur Railway hotels -- one in Puri and the other in Ranchi -- to a hotelier Kochar family on a 15-year lease on February 25, 2005. The Kochar family owns Chanakya hotel in Patna and Sujata hotel in Ranchi. The report suggests that as quid pro quo, the Kochar family had registered two acres of prime land on Bailey Road in the name of Elite Marketing (1-39, Defence Colony, New Delhi) for only Rs 90 lakh. The report claims that the company was registered before the deal was struck. Significantly, the report adds, 2,600 of the company's 3,600 shares are in the name of the wife of a Central Minister said to be close to Lalu.
An IBN-7 expose on Monday suggested that Lalu's father-in-law Shiv Prasad Yadav had 21 kattas of land registered in his name in different localities of Patna, which he later gifted to Rabri. Incidentally, the RJD boss had declared before a CBI court in the multi-crore fodder scam that he had no land in Patna.
The channel report said that one Vishnu Dev was among the people who sold their land to Lalu's relatives in exchange for a job. Vishnu and many of his family members are now railway employees. The sting operation footage shows Vishnu claiming that he and his relatives acquired their jobs because of Lalu. "They've passed orders to recruit six persons. There are eight persons in all. I have to wait for another 10 days... I have spoken to Bhola about it," the footage shows Vishnu as saying. Bhola is Lalu's personal assistant, Vishnu says.
<b>The expose shows that Kishundev, one of Vishnu's relatives, sold his plot on February 5, 2008, to Rabri for Rs 4,21,000. The document, however, doesn't mention that Rabri made this payment. Vishnu's case is not an isolated one. Baldev Rai and many of his relatives also are railway employees. He too claims that he sold his land to Lalu for a job.</b>
The channel report stated Meanwhile, Lalu claimed that the charges were "sponsored" by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and that it was a design to malign his image.
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No surprise, Moron Singh and Queen had asked CBI to do nothing on Chara Bribery case and now this. Indian Chors are supported by crooks.