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Delhi tribunal frames charges against Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav and others
NEW DELHI: A Delhi tribunal connected Monday framed corruption, transgression conspiracy and cheating charges against fomer national curate Lalu Yadav successful the IRCTC scam case. His lad and erstwhile lawman main curate Tejashwi Yadav and his wife, erstwhile CM of Bihar, Rabri Devi person besides been charged with respective offences, including conspiracy and cheating. After Lalu responding to the queries of peculiar justice (PC Act) Vishal Gogne pleaded not guilty, the justice said the lawsuit volition spell to trial.
Rabri Devi and Tejashwi Yadav besides pleaded not guilty.Yadav household appeared physically earlier the court. Last month, the justice had directed Yadav and different accused successful the substance to look earlier the tribunal physically. The lawsuit stems from the alleged irregularities successful the assistance of operational contracts of 2 IRCTC hotels to a backstage firm.According to the CBI chargesheet, a conspiracy was hatched betwixt 2004 and 2014, successful pursuance of which BNR Hotel of the Indian Railways, which has units successful Puri and Ranchi, was archetypal transferred to IRCTC and later, for operations, maintenance, and upkeep, fixed connected lease to Sujata Hotels, which is based successful Patna, Bihar.The tender process, the bureau alleged, was rigged and manipulated, and the conditions were tweaked to assistance Sujata Hotels.
The chargesheet besides names the past Group General Managers of IRCTC VK Asthana and RK Goyal, and Vijay Kochhar, Vinay Kochhar, some directors of Sujata Hotels and owners of Chanakya Hotel.Delight Marketing Company, present known arsenic Lara Projects, and Sujata Hotels person besides been named arsenic accused firms successful the chargesheet.
