AGENCIES
Enforcement Directorate told a Delhi court that there was enough evidence to take cognisance of its charge sheet and summon RJD chief Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and others as accused in connection with the IRCTC hotels allotment money laundering case.
Special Judge Arvind Kumar reserved his order on whether to summon Prasad, his wife, their son former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejaswi Yadav as accused on September 11. ED’s special public prosecutor Atul Tripathy told the court that the agency had gathered enough evidence against the accused and had submitted them along with the charge sheet.
ED has also named RJD leader PC Gupta and his wife Sarla Gupta, a firm Lara Projects and 10 others in the charge sheet filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The agency said Prasad and IRCTC officials misused their position for granting sub-lease of the rights of two railway hotels at Puri and Ranchi to Sujata Hotel Pvt Ltd owned by Kochhars.