Bihar Police books Tej Pratap Yadav for hiding property details in Bihar election affidavit

Patana, Dec 30: Major blow to the Rashtriya Janta Dal and its leader Tej Pratap Yadav, Bihar Police has registered an FIR against Yadav for allegedly hiding details of property in the affidavit filed during the Assembly elections in Bihar in 2020.

 

 

Bihar Police gave the information on Thursday. The FIR has been registered at Samastipur's Rosera police station. Police have booked Lalu Prasad Yadav's son under Section 125 (a) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 for hiding immovable property.

 

This matter come to light after Janata Dal(United) complained about this matter with the Chief Electoral Officer. On the orders of the Election Commission and the instructions of the District Election Officer and Deputy Collector Land Reforms (DCLR), the Rosera Sub Divisional Officer (SDO) Brajesh Kumar has taken action against the RJD leader.

 

 

 

Afterward, a copy of the complaint was sent to the Election Commission of India, who wrote to the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) for investigation.

 

After CBDT's investigation, a show-cause notice was sent to Tej Pratap Yadav by the Election Commission for giving wrong information in the affidavit. Tej Pratap was asked to reply within three weeks. However, after the RJD MLA failed to respond in the given time, an FIR was registered against him.

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