The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday recorded the statement of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav’s daughter Chanda Yadav in a money laundering case linked to the land-for-jobs ‘scam’ in the railway.
Chanda Yadav’s statement was recorded under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) during her deposition before the ED. She is the fourth child of Lalu, a former Railway Minister, to have deposed before the ED in this case till now. Lalu has nine children.
On Wednesday, his other daughter Ragini Yadav was questioned. Earlier, his MP daughter Misa Bharti and his son and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav have also been questioned at the agency’s office here.
In March, the agency had searched the premises of Chanda Yadav, her sisters Ragini Yadav and Hema Yadav, and former RJD MLA Abu Dojana in Patna, Phulwari Sharif, Delhi-NCR, Ranchi and Mumbai.The ED had on Monday questioned and recorded the statement of Tejashwi Yadav in this case.
Misa Bharti was similarly questioned by the ED in this case on March 25, the same day Tejashwi Yadav had deposed before the CBI.
Both the central agencies recently initiated action in the case, with the CBI questioning Lalu Prasad and his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and the ED carrying out raids against the RJD chief’s family.