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Ground Report | New Delhi: Lalu Yadav fodder scam; Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal President Lalu Prasad Yadav have been convicted by a special CBI court in Jharkhand in the fifth fodder scam case. His sentence will be heard on February 21.
The court has said that Lalu Yadav will have to appear in the court during the hearing before the sentencing on February 21. Till then he will have to remain in judicial custody.
"We have given an application seeking instruction to shift him (Lalu Yadav) to RIMS (Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi) on grounds of poor health. The court will hear the application at 2 pm," the RJD chief's lawyer, Prabhat Kumar, was quoted by news agency ANI.
However, on Tuesday itself, the court sentenced 38 convicts including Jagdish Sharma. He has been sentenced to three years in prison. "Lalu Prasad has been convicted. The sentence will be pronounced on February 18," the CBI counsel said.
Of the total 170 accused in the Doranda Treasury case, 55 have died, seven have become public witnesses, two have accepted the charges against them and six are absconding.
Reacting to the court's order, Janata Dal (United) leader KC Tyagi said that it is unfortunate that those who fought against the corrupt regime of former PM Indira Gandhi later did wrong. Welcoming the verdict against Lalu, Tyagi said that the law has done its job.
A total of 66 cases were registered by the CBI in the famous multi-crore animal husbandry scam of the nineties. In six of these cases, the then Chief Minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav was also made accused. Five of these cases were transferred to Jharkhand after the bifurcation of Bihar.
Lalu Yadav has already been convicted in four of these five cases. However, he got bail in these cases. RC 47-A/96 was the fifth and last case going on here. There are allegations of illegal withdrawal on fake bills between the years 1990-91 to 1995-96. It is also the biggest case of withdrawal in terms of the withdrawal of money.
In this, charges were framed against Lalu Prasad Yadav under Section 120-B of the IPC and Section 13(2) RW 13(1)(c), (d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1998.
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