Former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's wife Rabri Devi has skipped the Enforcement Directorate's summons once again in the IRCTC case. The agency had asked Rabri to appear before the investigative officer in the case on October 27 for questioning.

Rabri, who was busy celebrating Chhathh Puja in Patna, has been summoned at least 4 times to appear for questioning but she has not appeared even once.

"Earlier, she cited health reasons for not appearing before us, later she wanted the Enforcement Directorate to arrange for her questioning in Patna, which is not possible for us. As she is not appearing, we will soon decide whether to summon her again or move the court for non-compliance of summons", said a senior ED officer.

Rabri's son and former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav too had failed to depose before the ED on October 24, after ignoring two prior summons in the IRCTC case. The agency was unsatisfied with Tejashwi's earlier interrogation and had summoned him to appear for further questioning.

The Enforcement Directorate is now likely to move the court for non-compliance of summons against the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav's son and his wife.

On October 10, Tejashwi was interrogated by the ED for more than eight hours in connection with the IRCTC scam. He was questioned about money laundering vis-a-vis the railway hotel allotment case.

Earlier, the CBI grilled Lalu and Tejashwi Yadav for their alleged involvement in the IRCTC scam case.

WHAT IS THE CASE?

It has been alleged by the agency that when Lalu Yadav was the railway minister in the UPA government, he handed over the maintenance of two hotels run by the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) in Ranchi and Puri to Sujata Hotel.

Sujata Hotel is a company owned by Vinay and Vijay Kochhar. It has been alleged in the complaint that Kochar brothers were given the two hotels in return for a three-acre plot in Patna at a prime location through a benami company called Delight Marketing Company.

According to the complaint, after the tender was awarded to Kochar brothers, the ownership of Delight Marketing also changed hands from Sarla Gupta to Rabri Devi and Tejashwi Yadav between 2010 and 2014.

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