A special Central Investigation Bureau (CBI) court in Ranchi on Tuesday held RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav guilty in a case related to a fodder scam in which he is one of the main accused. The former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has already been convicted in four cases related to the multi-crore scam. He physically appeared before the special CBI court in the fodder scam case related to the illegal withdrawal of Rs 139.35 crore from Doranda Treasury.
Lalu was first convicted in 2013 in the Chaibasa treasury case related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.67 crore. He was handed five years in prison. However, the Supreme Court granted him bail in December same year. He was again convicted in 2017 in a second case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deoghar treasury. He was then sent to jail for 3.5 years.
The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on February 18.
Special CBI court in Ranchi holds RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav guilty in Doranda Treasury case.
Ranchi special court hold Lalu Yadav guilty in Doranda Treasury scam case
RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav reaches CBI Special Court in Ranchi, Jharkhand
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The court will today pronounce its verdict in a case related to the fodder scam pic.twitter.com/lWidpuofT0
Lalu Prasad Yadav reaches special CBI court which will deliver its verdict in the Doranda Treasury case today.
LaluPrasad Yadav has challenged his convictions in the Jharkhand High Court and is currently out on bail.
Lalu Prasad has so far been convicted in four out of five cases related to a multi-crore fodder scam. The RJD supremo in four cases of the fodder scam-Deogarh, Chaibasa, Ranchi’s Doranda treasury and the Dumka case. The Rs 950 crore fodder scam took place in the Animal Husbandry department in Bihar when Prasad was the chief minister. The RJD chief was sent to Ranchi jail after his sentence in Rs 89 lakh Deogarh treasury case on December 23, 2017.