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The CBI had registered a preliminary enquiry into allegations which was converted into the FIR, they said.
Following the FIR against Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, daughters Misa and Hema, besides several candidates, the CBI started a search operation on Friday morning at 16 locations in Delhi, Patna and Gopalganj.
The probe agency has registered the FIR under IPC section 120-B, which deals with criminal conspiracy, and under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, officials said.
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The fresh case comes weeks after Yadav was released on bail in the fodder scam in which he was convicted by a special court in Ranchi.
In a cryptic tweet, Rashtriya Janata Dal took a veiled dig at the CBI, “Tota (parrot) hai, Toton ka kya.”
The CBI had earned the sobriquet from an observation of the Supreme Court, calling it a “parrot” of political masters during the UPA government.