New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday extended till January 28 the interim bail granted to RJD chief Lalu Prasad in two Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation scam cases.
Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj also extended the interim bail granted to Prasad’s wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav in the cases till January 28. On the said date, the court will pronounce order on the regular bail application of Prasad and others in the ED case. The cases relate to alleged irregularities in granting the operational contract of two IRCTC hotels to a private firm. Seeking regular bail, Prasad, through his counsel, told the court he was not arrested during trial. “I appeared on summons and now there is no need of my custody because my custody was not sought when the probe was on. All documents are already seized and there is no vulnerable witness cited by ED,” he said.
He also said he was 69 years old and unwell. Yadav told the court he was in his teens when the alleged conspiracy started and he has no knowledge of what was going on. “ED is opposing for the sake of opposing.
(There is) no allegation that we tried to hamper or influence the probe or tamper the evidence,” the accused said. ED opposed Prasad’s bail application, saying offence affecting the economy of the country as a whole (PTI)
