ED officials detained him from Delhi under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Katyal’s premises were raided by the federal agency in March, while the premises of Lalu, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav, his sisters and others were searched.
According to the ED, Katyal is a close aide of the RJD chief and a former director of AK Infosystems Pvt. AK Infosystems Pvt Ltd is the alleged “beneficiary company” in the case and its registered office is a residential building in South Delhi’s New Friends Colony, which is used by Tejashwi.
The alleged scam dates back to the time when Lalu was the railway minister in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government-I. It is alleged that from 2004 to 2009 several people were appointed to ‘Group D’ posts in various zones of the Indian Railways and in return, these people transferred their land to then Railway Minister Lalu Prasad and family members of AK Infosystems. Private Limited.
The ED’s case, registered under the criminal sections of the PMLA, arose out of a complaint filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). According to the CBI, no advertisement or public notification was issued for the appointment, but some people residing in Patna were appointed as officers in various ‘zonal railways’ in Mumbai, Jabalpur, Kolkata, Jaipur and Hajipur.
In return for this, the candidates either directly or through their family members allegedly sold the land to members of the Lalu family at much lower rates than the prevailing market price, the CBI alleged.
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