A Delhi court on Thursday granted interim bail to Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad in a corruption case related to grant of maintenance contracts of two IRCTC hotels to a Patna-based firm allegedly for a consideration.
The court granted him bail through video conferencing on furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 1 lakh with one surety of a like amount.
Prasad is at present serving sentences in the Ranchi jail in fodder scam cases.
Former Bihar Chief Minister Rabri Devi, her son Tejashwi Yadav and others are already on bail in the case.
Besides Prasad and his family members, former Union Minister Prem Chand Gupta ; his wife Sarla Gupta; Additional Member of the Railway Board B.K. Agarwal; the then managing director of the IRCTC, P.K. Goyal; and the then IRCTC director, Rakesh Saxena, were also named in the charge sheet.
Published - December 20, 2018 11:30 am IST
