New Delhi, May 22 (H.S.): The Rouse Avenue Court on Thursday deferred its decision on framing charges in the money laundering case linked to the alleged railway tender scam. Earlier too, the court had postponed its decision on May 6. Special Judge Vishal Gogne has now directed that the matter will be heard again on June 9.

The court had reserved its order on February 13.

On January 28, 2019, the court had granted bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi and Tejashwi Yadav on personal bonds of ₹1 lakh each in the case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED).

Earlier, on January 19, 2019, the court had granted regular bail to Lalu Prasad Yadav in the case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).

Subsequently, on October 13, 2025, the court ordered the framing of charges against Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav and several other accused persons in the CBI-related railway tender scam case.

The court had taken cognisance of the ED chargesheet on September 17, 2018. In the case, the accused include Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav, Lara Projects LLP, Sarla Gupta, Prem Chand Gupta, Gaurav Gupta, Nath Mal Kakrania, Rahul Yadav, Vijay Tripathi, Devki Nandan Tulsyan, Sujata Hotel, Vinay Kochar, Vijay Kochar, Rajiv Kumar Relan and Abhishek Finance Private Limited.

Lalu Prasad Yadav has been accused of transferring two railway hotels to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) during his tenure as Railway Minister and issuing tenders for their maintenance and operation.

The two hotels located in Ranchi and Puri were allegedly allotted to the Kochar brothers’ company, Sujata Hotel.

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Hindusthan Samachar / Jun Sarkar