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ED had last month summoned both Prasad and Yadav for questioning, but they haven t appeared before the agency so far. As per available information, they will be summoned again. The agency will confront Prasad and Yadav with "damning" statements of Amit Katyal, a co-accused in the case who was charge-sheeted earlier this week along with Rabri Devi and others, and other evidence. ....
It might be mentioned here that a month before his arrest, in November last year, Katyal had petitioned the Delhi HC seeking stay on any coercive steps by the ED. Interestingly, Katyal in his petition, reviewed by ET, had claimed that he was a protected witness of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Katyal had claimed that he had "fully cooperated" with the CBI which resulted in a charge sheet filed by the agency. He had also claimed that he was cited as a witness by the CBI in its charge sheet. ....
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is expected to file a comprehensive charge sheet in the land-for-jobs case involving former Union minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, and son Tejashwi Yadav. The charge sheet will also highlight the alleged role played by RJD Rajya Sabha member Prem Chand Gupta. Gupta, a close aide of Lalu Prasad, is alleged to have played a key role in illegally purchasing lands through a company to benefit Lalu and his family. ....
The CBI s supplementary charge sheet filed in July in which Tejashwi is named as an accused for the first time the agency says that "lands/properties were acquired in a concealed manner, i.e. to purchase land/property in the name of some company, and subsequently to transfer the ownership of such properties by way of transfer of shares" to Lalu Yadav s family. ....
"In thematic funds, investors often enter at the wrong time and often join after a period of high returns and get disappointed. With this move, we want to encourage investors to invest systematically and even out volatility," said Radhika Gupta, CEO of Edelweiss Mutual Fund. ....