Press Trust Of India
New Delhi, Oct 27: Rabri Devi, the wife of RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, skipped her scheduled appearance before the Enforcement Directorate Friday for the fifth time in connection with a money laundering probe in the railway hotels allotment case, officials sources said.
The former Bihar chief minister has now been summoned to appear on November 7 before the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case, they said.
The agency had registered a case against Lalu Prasad, his family and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) sometime back.
Earlier this week, Rabri’s son and former Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav had skipped appearing before the ED and was summoned on October 31.
While Tejashwi has been once grilled by the ED for over nine hours in connection with the case, Rabri has skipped the ED summonses the fifth time Friday. They said Rabri had informed the agency earlier about her ill-health and the ‘Chhath Pooja’ as the reason for her non-appearance.
In July, the CBI registered an FIR and conducted multiple searches on the properties of Lalu Prasad, who is also a former Bihar chief minister, and others.