Enforcement Directorate questions Tejashwi Yadav for nine hours
Tejashwi Yadav
This was the?second time when ED questioned the former Deputy chief minister of Bihar
The Enforcement Directorate questioned Tejashwi Yadav, son of RJD chief Lalu Yadav, for nine hours on Monday.
ED's questioning was in connection with money laundering probe in the railway hotels allotment corruption case.
This was thesecond time when ED questioned the former Deputy chief minister of Bihar.
The previous questioning was conducted on October 10.
Tejashwi's latest appearance before the ED came after he was issued a fresh summon by the law enforcement agency.
Before this, he hadskipped four appearances.
The agency had registered a case against the Yadav family and others under the provision of the prevention of money laundering act.
Tejashwi's mother and former chief minister of Bihar Rabri Devi had skipped the ED summon six times.
The CBI had registered an FIR against Lalu Prasad Yadav inJuly.
The FIR lodged by the CBI against Lalu Yadav stated that there were irregularities in awarding the tender for development, maintenance and operation of the BNR hotels in Ranchi and Pune during his tenure as the railway minister from 2004-2009.
The CBI alleged that the tender process was manipulated and changedby Lalu to help private company.