NEW DELHI (TIP): Rashtriya Janta Dal leader and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav on Oct 5 reached the CBI headquarters after a number of summons for questioning in connection with the alleged corruption in awarding the maintenance contract of two IRCTC hotels to a private firm.
Yadav, who arrived at the headquarters at 11 am, was accompanied by his daughter Misa and did not speak to the media. He was taken to the investigation officer, while Misa was asked to wait in the lobby, CBI sources said.
The CBI also summoned his son Tejashwi Yadav, former deputy chief minister of Bihar, who is scheduled to appear before the agency tomorrow.
It is alleged that Yadav, as Railway Minister in 2006, handed over maintenance of two Railway hotels — BNR Ranchi and Puri — to Sujata Hotel (a company owned by Vinay and Vijay Kochhar) after receiving a bribe in the form of three acres of prime land through a “benami” (shell) company.