Job scam case: Centre allows CBI to prosecute Lalu Prasad Yadav, say sources

As the investigation agency did not find pertinent information during its initial probe, the investigation was closed around May 2021. But on the basis of important evidence being found in the last seven to eight months, the case has been reopened, sources said.

Sources said Yadav's son, Bihar Deputy CM Tejashwi Yadav, could find himself implicated. CBI sources told CNBC-Awaaz in a railway tender matter, Yadav and his family members could face heat. Although the CBI has not confirmed this supposed new inquiry, sources said an FIR would soon be loged.

In the land scam case, the matter involves a Gurugram-based real estate allegedly giving a bribe, via a shell company. The bribe was in the form of some property in South Delhi at a throwaway price in Yadav's son and daughters' names.