Land for Job Scam: ED Detects 'Proceeds of Crime' Worth Rs 600 Crore in Raids Against Lalu's Family
The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at 24 locations across Delhi, NCR, Patna, Mumbai and Ranchi in connection to the land for job case on Saturday where recovered cash worth Rs 1 crore, foreign currency including USD 1900, 540 gms gold bullion and more than 1.5 kg of gold jewellery. Other than this, several other incriminating documents including various property documents, sale deeds among others held in the names of family members indicated illegal accretion of huge land bank and electronic devices.
The Enforcement Directorate has seized “unaccounted cash" of Rs 1 crore and detected proceeds of crime worth Rs 600 crore after it raided Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad’s family in connection with the railways land for job ‘scam’ linked money laundering case.
Based on the specific intelligence inputs, the ED said searches were conducted at 24 locations at various places in Delhi NCR, Patna, Mumbai and Ranchi in the alleged scam.
The ED had launched raids on Friday at multiple locations linked to Prasad’s family members including that of his son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav in Delhi.
