Tejashwi skips ED audience

New Delhi (PTI): RJD chief Lalu Prasad's son Tejashwi Yadav on Tuesday skipped his scheduled appearance before the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money-laundering probe in the railway hotels allotment case. It was not immediately clear if the former Bihar deputy chief minister furnished any reason for his absence to the central probe agency as also the next course of action of the ED. The agency had once grilled Tejashwi for over nine hours in connection with the case but since then he has skipped the summons thrice.

Defamation complaint against Lalu

Patna (PTI): A complaint has been filed in a court here accusing RJD chief Lalu Prasad of defamation for his alleged calumnious remark about the complainant's "friendship" with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar at a recent rally. The complaint was filed by Udaykant Mishra, a member of the Bihar Disaster Management Authority, in the court of Patna Chief Judicial Magistrate Om Prakash and is scheduled to be taken up on Wednesday.