Lalu Prasad Yadav gets 14-year jail term in fourth fodder scam case

DN Bureau

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has awarded 14 years imprisonment and fined of Rs 60 lakh in fourth fodder scam case on Saturday by CBI court.

Lalu Prasad Yadav (File Photo)
Lalu Prasad Yadav (File Photo)


Ranchi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been sentenced 14-year jail and fined Rs 60 lakh in two different fodder scam case on Saturday by CBI court here. 

Lalu was held guilty in the Dumka treasury case by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court, here, earlier on March 19.

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The RJD chief was guilty of fraudulently withdrawing Rs. 3.13 crore from Dumka Treasury between December 1995 and January 1996, when he was the chief minister of undivided Bihar.

Former chief minister Jagannath Mishra from the Bhartiya Jan Congress (Rashtriya) was acquitted by the court in the case. At least 14 others were also convicted.

Lalu Prasad is already serving a jail term of 13.5 years in three fodder cases and has been lodged in the Birsa Munda jail here. (ANI)










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