Lalu Yadav, kin granted bail in ‘Land-For-Jobs’ scam

New Delhi (Ajoy Kumar Misra): Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar chief minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav and his sons, RJD leaders Tejashwi Yadav and Tej Pratap Yadav have been granted bail by a Delhi Court in the land-for Jobs scam.

Special judge Vishal Gogne on bonds of Rs 1 lakh each granted the bail. The Rouse Avenue Court directed all three accused to surrender their passports, according to reports.

Lalu was accused of recruiting people for Group-D jobs in the West Central Zone of the railways, based in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur, during his term as railway minister between 2004 and 2009, on the condition that they gift or transfer parcels of lands in either his name of in the name of his family or associates.