Lalu Prasad and son Tej Pratap case given to Vigilance Investigation Bureau

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Sat, Oct 21, 2017, 06:02 PM

Lalu Prasad and son Tej Pratap case given to Vigilance Investigation Bureau

Soil scam case allegedly involving Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and his son Tej Pratap Yadav will soon be handedover to Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB). This decision was made after the court asked for a report to be submitted within 6 month.

The scam relates to the alleged purchase of soil worth more than Rs 90 lakh by Sanjay Gandhi Biological Park in Patna from a firm associated with Yadav without floating any tender.

Then purchase was made during Yadav’s tenure as minister of the forest and environment department, which controlled the biological park.

A division bench of the high court had passed the order while hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition seeking an independent inquiry, either by the CBI or a judicial commission. On October 13, the division bench of chief justice Rajendra Menon and justice A K Upadhyay sought a status report from the government on the inquiry into the soil purchase scam.