New Delhi: The CBI questioned RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son Tejashwi Yadav for over seven hours on Friday in connection with its ongoing probe into alleged irregularities in the 2006 IRCTC hotels maintenance contract case.
File image of RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav. PTI
Tejashwi Yadav, a former deputy chief minister of Bihar, reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) headquarters on Lodi Road in south Delhi around 11.15 am and was questioned till 6.30 pm.
"Tejashwi was questioned for over seven hours by CBI investigators. He faced more than 100 questions in connection with the IRCTC case", CBI spokesperson Abhishek Dayal told IANS.
Dayal further said that the CBI may call Tejashwi Yadav again for another round of questioning but the next date was yet to be decided.
The questioning comes a day after Lalu Prasad was questioned for seven hours in connection with the case.
The CBI had on 26 September issued fresh summons — the third in a month — to the Rashtriya Janata Dal chief and his son in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corp (IRCTC) contract case.
Published Date: Oct 07, 2017 09:19 am | Updated Date: Oct 07, 2017 09:19 am
