Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad appears before Ranchi court in fifth case
India | Jan 29, 2018, 01:00 PM ISTLalu, accompanied by his elder son Tej Pratap, arrived at court for hearing in the fifth fodder scam case RC47A/96, related to Doranda Treasury.
Lalu, accompanied by his elder son Tej Pratap, arrived at court for hearing in the fifth fodder scam case RC47A/96, related to Doranda Treasury.
Earlier in the day, Lalu along with another former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra was convicted by a special CBI court in fodder scam case.
A special CBI court in Ranchi today convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and 50 others in the third fodder scam – the Chaibasa Treasury case.
Bihar deputy chief minister Tejashwi Yadav alleged that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is behind Lalu's conviction in fodder scam case.
The case relates to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 139.35 crore from Doranda treasury of Ranchi.
The special CBI court of Shiv Pal Singh had on January 6 handed down three-and-a-half years prison term to Lalu in the case pertaining to illegal withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deoghar treasury between 1991 and 1994.
The former chief minister requesting for bail before the Special CBI Court in Ranchi, insisted judge Shiv Pal Singh for letting him have the the curd and flattened rice delicacy as part of Makar Sankranti celebrations.
The case relates to alleged fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 35.62 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in the 1990s when Lalu was the chief minister of undivided Bihar.
The former Bihar chief minister, who is lodged in Ranchi's Bira Munda jail, was earlier this month sentenced to three-and-a-half-years jail in second case of over Rs 900 crore fodder scam linked to illegal withdrawal of money from Deogarh treasury.
Mahto and Yadav, who were reportedly charged with minor offences, were claimed to be serving Prasad as helper and cook.
RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, who is lodged in a jail here after his conviction by a CBI court in a fodder scam case, would move the Jharkhand High Court for bail within the next few days
The CBI court judge said that said that “gau palan (cattle rearing) is a good option for the convicts as they have ‘good knowledge of fodder and cattle medicine’”.
Rabri Devi, a former Bihar chief minister, told reporters at the residence of Gangotri Devi that the latter was about four years elder to the RJD chief and that she had not been keeping well for some time.
Lalu’s son and RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said that the trial court’s decision will be challenged in the high court.
The special CBI court in Ranchi sentenced Lalu to three-and-a-half years in jail and imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on him in the fodder scam case relating to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from the Deoghar Treasury 21 years ago.
Tejashwi Yadav said that the Janata Dal-United (JD-U) leaders must understand their party had actually split, not the RJD.
CBI court judge Shiv Pal Singh, who had convicted Prasad, along with 10 others on December 23, also imposed a fine of Rs 10 lakh on him for two cases in the scam.
The Special CBI Court had on December 23 convicted Lalu for offences of cheating with criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Citing illness and old age, RJD supremo Lalu Yadav, convicted in a fodder scam case along with 10 others, today sought leniency from the CBI court
The assertions were made by Shivanand Tiwary and senior party leader Jagdanand Singh.
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