Press Trust of India

New Delhi

The CBI on Tuesday questioned former railway minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav for nearly five hours in two sessions in the land for jobs scam case, officials said.

The case pertains to people allegedly given employment in the railways in return for land parcels gifted or sold at cheap rates to the Yadav family and its associates, they said.

A team of five CBI officials arrived in two cars around 10.40 am at the residence of Misa Bharti in Pandara Park near India Gate where Yadav is currently residing, and left around 12.55 pm for lunch. Questioning resumed around 2.15 pm which continued till 5.15 pm, they said.

During the exercise, Yadav was confronted with some documents in a room where he is quarantined post his kidney transplant surgery, the officials
said.

The CBI has filed a charge sheet in the case against Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and 14 others under charges of criminal conspiracy and provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, officials said. They said the fresh round of questioning is taking place to ascertain the money trail and larger conspiracy behind the scam.