The Income Tax (I-T) department raided various properties of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad in and around New Delhi during the early hours of Tuesday morning.
Taxmen have raided 22 locations in New Delhi and Gurugram on the charges of benami land deals worth Rs 1,000 crore. TV reports suggest that the house of senior RJD leader and former Union minister Prem Chandra Gupta has also been raided in New Delhi.
This comes after Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sushil Kumar Modi revealed shady land dealings involving Prasad and his family members, particularly his sons Tejaswi