The CBI today filed a charge sheet against two companies and 12 people, including former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav, for alleged irregularities in granting an operational contract of two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels to a private firm.

Officials said the charge sheet was filed in a special CBI court in New Delhi today.

Former Union minister Prem Chand Gupta, his wife Sarla Gupta, the then group general manager of IRCTC, B K Agarwal, former Managing Director of IRCTC P K Goyal and the then IRCTC Director Rakesh Saxena, have been named in the charge sheet.

Others named in the charge sheet, include the then group general managers of IRCTC V K Asthana and R K Goyal, Vijay Kochhar, Vinay Kochhar, both directors of Sujata Hotels and owners of Chanakya Hotel.

Delight marketing company, now known as Lara Projects, and Sujata Hotels Private Limited, have also been named as accused companies in the charge sheet.

The CBI had registered a case in July last year and carried out searches at 12 locations in Patna, Ranchi, Bhubaneswar and Gurugram in connection with the case.