Tejashwi calls ED’s ‘Rs 600 crore crime proceeds’ claim rumours, says make panchnama public- The New Indian Express

By PTI

PATNA: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday dubbed as “rumours” the claim of the Enforcement Directorate that proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 600 crore had been detected throughout searches on premises owned by him and shut relations.

The RJD chief, who’s at present away in Delhi beside his spouse who’s anticipating their first baby, additionally stated the BJP will likely be left embarrassed if he made public the “panchnama” (seizure checklist) signed after the raids.

“Just recall, in 2007, transactions price Rs 8,000 crore, together with a mall and lots of of land plots, had been alleged”, tweeted Yadav, in an apparent reference to the alleged land-for-hotels rip-off pertaining to his father Lalu Prasad’s tenure because the railway minister.

Now going through the warmth within the land-for-jobs ‘rip-off’ pertaining to, roughly, the identical interval, Yadav additionally recalled his title being linked to a mall seized in Gurugram, which turned out to be owned by a non-public firm.

The RJD had threatened authorized motion in opposition to media retailers for “wrongly” reporting that Yadav, the occasion supremo’s son and inheritor obvious, owned the industrial institution.

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“The BJP authorities (on the Centre) spreading rumours once more, quoting sources. It ought to have requested its spin docs to first settle the account on the earlier operations, earlier than developing with the brand new story of Rs 600 crore”, the RJD chief stated.

Earlier within the day, the Enforcement Directorate stated it has seized “unaccounted money” of Rs 1 crore and “detected proceeds of crime price Rs 600 crore” after it raided RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s household in reference to a cash laundering case linked to the railways land-for-jobs ‘rip-off’.

“Let them make public the panchnama (seizure checklist) signed after the raids. If we achieve this on our personal, consider the embarrassment that these BJP leaders must face”, added Yadav, who peppered his two tweets with fairly just a few smileys to say that he was taking all of it on the chin.

The ED had launched raids on Friday at a number of places linked to Prasad’s relations, together with that of his son Tejashwi in Delhi.

The Central Bureau of Investigation had just lately questioned Prasad and his spouse Rabri Devi — former chief ministers of Bihar — within the case.

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<br /> PATNA: Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday dubbed as “rumours” the claim of the Enforcement Directorate that proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 600 crore had been detected throughout searches on premises owned by him and shut relations.</p> <p>The RJD chief, who’s at present away in Delhi beside his spouse who’s anticipating their first baby, additionally stated the BJP will likely be left embarrassed if he made public the “panchnama” (seizure checklist) signed after the raids.</p> <p>“Just recall, in 2007, transactions price Rs 8,000 crore, together with a mall and lots of of land plots, had been alleged”, tweeted Yadav, in an apparent reference to the alleged land-for-hotels rip-off pertaining to his father Lalu Prasad’s tenure because the railway minister.googletag.cmd.push(operate() {googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); });</p> <p>Now going through the warmth within the land-for-jobs ‘rip-off’ pertaining to, roughly, the identical interval, Yadav additionally recalled his title being linked to a mall seized in Gurugram, which turned out to be owned by a non-public firm.</p> <p>The RJD had threatened authorized motion in opposition to media retailers for “wrongly” reporting that Yadav, the occasion supremo’s son and inheritor obvious, owned the industrial institution.</p> <p>ALSO READ | Land for jobs ‘rip-off’: Tejashwi skips CBI questioning, seeks contemporary date</p> <p>“The BJP authorities (on the Centre) spreading rumours once more, quoting sources. It ought to have requested its spin docs to first settle the account on the earlier operations, earlier than developing with the brand new story of Rs 600 crore”, the RJD chief stated.</p> <p>Earlier within the day, the Enforcement Directorate stated it has seized “unaccounted money” of Rs 1 crore and “detected proceeds of crime price Rs 600 crore” after it raided RJD chief Lalu Prasad’s household in reference to a cash laundering case linked to the railways land-for-jobs ‘rip-off’.</p> <p>“Let them make public the panchnama (seizure checklist) signed after the raids. If we achieve this on our personal, consider the embarrassment that these BJP leaders must face”, added Yadav, who peppered his two tweets with fairly just a few smileys to say that he was taking all of it on the chin.</p> <p>The ED had launched raids on Friday at a number of places linked to Prasad’s relations, together with that of his son Tejashwi in Delhi.</p> <p>The Central Bureau of Investigation had just lately questioned Prasad and his spouse Rabri Devi — former chief ministers of Bihar — within the case.</p> <p>ALSO READ: Lalu livid over pregnant daughter-in-law’s harassment throughout ED raids<br />