The former Bihar chief minister replied in the affirmative when the judge asked him whether he knew that he was one of the accused in the RC68 A/96 case(Chaibasa case).
The statement of a prosecution witness Jay Narayan Prasad Verma was recorded in the case pertaining to alleged withdrawal of Rs 39 crore from the Chaibasa Treasury in the 1990s by producing false bills.
Prasad, Sharma and Rana had appeared through video conferencing from jail before the special CBI court of Sitaram Prasad in a separate fodder scam case yesterday.
The three accused would again appear on November 12 in the case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 97 lakh from Deogarh Treasury in the 1990s.
Updated on: October 08, 2013 22:17 IST
