Sushil Modi makes fresh allegations against Lalu’s family

TIL Desk/National/Patna/ Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday alleged a nexus existed between Lalu Prasad’s family and sand mafia, who purchased three flats from the RJD chief’s wife Rabri Devi. RJD spokesman Shakti Singh Yadav dismissed the allegation as “a bundle of lies”.

Talking to media, Modi claimed that Rabri Devi, a former chief minister, owned 18 flats in a housing complex, and to avoid Income Tax and other agencies, sold three to a member of a sand mafia in June 17 this year.

Modi distributed copies of purported sale deeds of the three flats to the media, purchased by the three companies engaged in sand mining. He claimed the director of all three companies was SP Yadav the “right hand man” of Lalu Prasad.

He alleged that with the help of the RJD president the sand mafia had acquired mining lease of sand in six districts — Patna, Bhojpur, Saran, Vaishali, Jehanabad and Arwal — for Rs 237 crore.

“Why the sand mafia purchased three flats from Rabri Devi on a single day at a cost of Rs 1.62 crore?” he asked and said it showed his close nexus with Lalu Prasad’s family.