The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday searched nine premises linked to Rashtriya Janata Dal MLA Kiran Devi and Rajya Sabha member Prem Chand Gupta, in connection with the alleged land-for-job scam involving former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and others, according to an agency official.
“The premises related to Ms. Devi and her husband, Arun Singh, are located in Bihar’s Bhojpur and Patna, and those connected to Mr. Gupta are in Delhi, Gurugram and Rewari in Haryana, and Noida in Uttar Pradesh. Their names have come up during the ongoing probe,” the official said.
The CBI had registered the First Information Report based on the findings of a preliminary enquiry into the allegation that during 2004 and 2009, several ineligible candidates were appointed as substitutes to the Railways’ Group-D posts in exchange for land parcels. In October 2022, it filed a chargesheet against Mr. Yadav and 15 others, including his wife Rabri Devi and eldest daughter Misa Bharti.
