Lalu, wife and son to appear in courts in separate cases

Ranchi | Wednesday | 29th August, 2018

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They were summoned by the court after the CBI filed a charge-sheet against them in the IRCTC tender scam.The Patiala House court has also summoned Lalu, who is a co-accused in the IRCTC case. However, he will be lodged in a Ranchi jail by August 31. “I have complete faith in the judiciary. Though I have not fully recovered from multiple ailments, I will be surrendering before the CBI court at Ranchi on Thursday,” Lalu told reporters at the Patna airport on Wednesday afternoon.Hours earlier, Rabri and Tejashwi left for Delhi where they will be appearing before a Patiala House court on August 31. Since Rabri and Tejashwi have been charge-sheeted in the IRCTC case, the Patiala House court will decide whether they should be granted bail after their appearance before it or remanded in custody.The IRCTC case pertains to allegations that Lalu, as railway minister, awarded contract for the maintenance of two IRCTC-run hotels in Ranchi and Puri to a private firm in return for a prime plot of three acres near Patna..