New Delhi, Oct 13 (PTI) A Delhi court on Monday framed charges of cheating, criminal conspiracy, and sections of the Prevention of Corruption Act against Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Prasad Yadav, and 11 others in the alleged IRCTC scam case.

Special Judge Vishal Gogne made a scathing observation that the land and share transactions in the case were "possibly an instance of crony capitalism fostered in the garb of eliciting private participation in the Railways hotels at Ranchi and Puri." Besides Lalu Yadav, a former railway minister, the judge framed charges against Pradeep Kumar Goel, Rakesh Saksena, Bhupendra Kumar Agarwal, Rakesh Kumar Gogia and Vinod Kumar Asthana under Section 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d)(ii) and (iii) of POCA.

Section 13 (2) deals with

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