New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has requested additional time to respond to the applications of Lalu Prasad Yadav and other defendants seeking access to documents in the alleged land-for-jobs case. The counsel for CBI informed the court that the previous Investigating Officer (IO) has been transferred, necessitating more time. CBI Special Judge Vivek Gogne scheduled the matter for January 15 and directed both IOs to appear before the court. The court emphasized the need for an expedited hearing due to a directive from the Delhi High Court, stating that no further adjournments will be granted.

On December 20, 2023, the Rouse Avenue court sought a response from CBI on an application filed by accused individuals, including Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, and Tejaswi Yadav, seeking access to documents filed with the charge sheet. The accused are involved in the land-for-job scam, and the case is currently in the document scrutiny stage after the charge sheet was filed.

On October 4, the court granted bail to former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, Rabri Devi, and others in relation to a fresh chargesheet in an alleged land-for-job scam case. The CBI filed a chargesheet against 17 accused, including Lalu Prasad Yadav, in connection with the land-for-job scam.

According to the CBI, this is the second chargesheet in the Designated Court against 17 accused, including the then Union Minister of Railways, his wife, son, then GM of West Central Railways, then two CPOs of WCR, private persons, private company, etc., in a case related to the land-for-job scam.

CBI had registered the case on May 18, 2022, against the then Union Minister of Railways and others. The accused were alleged to have obtained pecuniary advantages in the form of transfer of landed property in exchange for the appointment of substitutes in Group "D" posts in different Zones of Railways. The case involved a complex scheme wherein candidates were appointed as substitutes and subsequently regularized, and land parcels were transferred to the family members of the accused. Earlier chargesheets were filed on October 7, 2022, against 16 accused, and the investigation is ongoing, as informed by CBI to the court.

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