Railway hotel tender scam :Tejashwi Yadav appears before CBI

Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister, Tejashwi Yadav, son of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, appeared before the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today in connection with the Railway hotel tender case.

The CBI had summoned Lalu Yadav yesterday in regard with the hotels-for-land scam, after their inability to appear before it on October 3.Yesterday, Lalu was taken to the investigation officer where he was grilled for almost 7 hours, while Misa Bharti, his daughter, was asked to wait in a public area.

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.

The FIR lodged by the CBI against RJD chief stated that there were irregularities in awarding the tender for development, maintenance and operation of BNR Hotels in Ranchi and Puri.