Land-for-jobs scam: CBI raids RJD leaders ahead of Bihar floor test; JDU says ‘not surprised’

PATNA,AUG 24: Ahead of the RJD-led grand alliance government’s floor test in the state assembly, the CBI on Wednesday were conducting simultaneous raids on the premises of two RJD MPs Ashfaque Karim and Faiyaz Ahmad, and party MLC and BISCOMAUN chairman Sunil Singh.

In addition, searches were also being carried out at the residence of former RJD MLC Subodh Rai in the Vaishali district. It is also noted that several CBI teams are engaged in simultaneous raids that are being conducted on the premises of RJD leaders.

Sources said that the raids were being conducted allegedly in connection with the land-for-jobs scam in the railways when RJD chief Lalu Prasad was the then Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009. The raids are being conducted at the premises of Ahmad in Madhubani.

-TNIE