Weeks after he was conceded bail in a fodder scam case, Lalu Prasad Yadav has been charged in a new defilement case over supposed anomalies in enlistment somewhere in the range of 2004 and 2009 when he was Railway Minister.

Other than Mr Yadav, his better half and previous Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, little girl and Rajya Sabha MP Misa Bharti and other relatives have been named blamed in the new case, sources said.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today began look at 15 areas connected to the Rashtriya Janata Dal patriarch, including his homes.

In the new case, the CBI has claimed that Mr Yadav and his relatives got land and properties as payoff for giving out rail route occupations.

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The 73-year-old veteran pioneer left prison last month after the Jharkhand High Court allowed him bail in the ₹ 139 crore Doranda Treasury trick case. A CBI unique court had in February condemned him to five years in jail for the situation. He was additionally fined ₹ 60 lakh.

The treasury scam case was the fifth fodder scam case in which Mr Yadav was convicted.

Visuals showed police faculty at the Patna home of Mr Yadav's better half and previous Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi during the attacks earlier today.

RJD lawmaker Dr Mukesh Roshan said Mr Yadav is in Delhi and his child and party pioneer Tejashwi Yadav is additionally away."Those in power are targeting Lalu Yadav and Tejashwi Yadav because they are aware of their popularity," he alleged.

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Senior party leader Alok Mehta said, "This is an attempt to finish off the Opposition. There is no basis for these cases. This is an attempt to silence criticism."

Shivanand Tiwary, senior RJD pioneer who has likewise worked with JD(U) has said the CBI's transition to recover an old body of evidence against the RJD patriarch could be an admonition to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.

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"The BJP is getting uneasy about Nitish Kumar and Tejashwi Yadav coming together on the demand for a case Census. The timing of these raids points to this. Otherwise, why has the CBI suddenly taken up this case at a time when Nitish Kumar is set to call an all-party meeting on the demand for caste Census," Mr Tiwary said.

The RJD tweeted from its official handle that numerous raids have been conducted in connection with the "so-called Railway scam" but nothing has been found.

"Lalu ji was Railway Minister from 2004 to 2009. If the CBI needs to conduct raids 13 years later, then you can understand what a nasty agency it is. The Lalu family will not bow and get scared," the tweet in Hindi said.

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