Lalu Prasad Yadav Convicted Of Illegally Withdrawing ₹139.35 Cr In 5th Fodder Scam Case
Mumbai: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav was on Tuesday convicted by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ranchi in the Rs 139.35 crore Doranda treasury scam, the fifth fodder scam case.
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Lalu Yadav has been convicted in four other cases, including the infamous fodder scam of Rs 950 crore – illegal withdrawal of ₹37.7 crores and ₹33.13 crores from the Chaibasa treasury, ₹ 89.27 crores from the Deoghar treasury, and ₹ 3.76 crores from the Dumka treasury. All cases related to the swindling of government funds meant for cattle fodder.
So far he has been sentenced to a total of 14 years in prison, but is out on bail in four convicted cases; The last (Dumka treasury case) was in April last year.
The case involved money taken by the Animal Husbandry Department of Bihar between 1991 and 1996 when Lalu Yadav was the chief minister. He has already spent over 3.5 years in judicial custody as part of his sentence.
Lalu Yadav has also challenged the last four sentences. In jail since December 2017, the 73-year-old served most of his sentence at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Jharkhand.
He was brought to Delhi in January last year after his health deteriorated.
However, if convicted and given a sentence of three years, Lalu Yadav will have to return to jail.
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