CBI wants trial in IRCTC hotels scam case expedited; Bihar’s deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav accused
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) wants trial to be expedited in the IRCTC hotels scam case in which former railway minister Lalu Prasad, his wife Rabri Devi, Bihar’s current deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav and 11 others have been named as accused in the agency’s charge sheet.
Even four years after a special CBI court took cognisance of a charge sheet filed by the investigative agency against Prasad and others allegedly involved, arguments on framing of charges are yet to commence. In February 2019, a co-accused had petitioned the Delhi High Court alleging that the CBI failed to seek his prosecution sanction since he was a government servant when the alleged offence was committed.
