In the Land for Jobs Case…
On Monday, 06 March 2023, Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) are questioning former Bihar CM Rabri Devi at her residence in Patna in connection with a land-for-jobs scam.
Sources said that they have said that they are just recording her statement and that this is not a raid or search. The sources said that they had taken a prior appointment with Ms. Devi.
The questioning comes a day after eight Opposition parties shot off a letter to PM Modi, alleging misuse of central agencies for the BJP's political motives.
Among the signatories was Ms. Devi's son and Bihar's Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav.
The letter also mentioned former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD patriarch Lalu Prasad Yadav among opposition leaders targeted by central agencies.
It said the moves of central agencies "had often sparked suspicion that they were working as extended wings of the ruling dispensation".
The CBI's land-for-jobs case names Mr. Yadav, Rabri Devi, and their daughters Misa and Hema, among others.
The FIR, registered in May 2022, accuses Mr. Yadav and his family members of buying land at throwaway rates in return for giving out jobs when he was serving as Union Railway Minister from 2004-2009.
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