Bihar's Vigilance Department has lodged yet another case against RJD MP Sadhu Yadav in the multi-crore flood scam, exposed by The Indian Express.

During investigation it was revealed that Sadhu had obtained a fake ownership certificate of the car he had sold to scam kingpin Santosh Jha’s father and received Rs 6 lakh in his bank account. Vigilance slueths have arrested the then District Transport Officer (DTO) Brijraj Rai, responsible for issuing the fake certificate, and are now proceeding to arrest Sadhu Yadav in the case.

“We have lodged a case against the then Patna DTO, MP Sadhu Yadav and some unknown employees and charged them with issuing a fake ownership certificate in Yadav’s name. We will now move to get his bail cancelled in the earlier case from the Patna High Court,” said ADG Vigilance Neelmani.

In the earlier case, Sadhu was charged with receiving a portion of the money siphoned off through the scam. A sum of Rs 6 lakh was transferred to his bank account by scam kingpin Santosh Jha. The MP had claimed that it was the price of the car he had sold to Santosh’s father. His claim however was found to be unconvincing since verifications revealed that he had purchased the car for Rs 1 lakh and sold it for Rs 6 lakh within a year.

Sumit Jena, the Delhi-resident from whom Sadhu had bought the car, denied in court that he had ever sold the car to the MP. He charged that he had borrowed the car for a few days and the MP never returned it. This claim was proven in court as it was found that neither the Delhi Licensing Authority or the bank that had financed the car had approved no objection certificates mandatory for the sale.

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