Lalu was convicted by a CBI court on December 23, 2017, and has been lodged in Birsa Munda prison since then. The case pertains to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from Deoghar Treasury when Lalu was the CM of Bihar between 1991 and 1994.
A special CBI court on Saturday handed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav a jail term of 3.5 years and imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh in connection with a Rs 950 crore fodder scam case. Other convicts Phool Chand, Mahesh Prasad, Bake Julious, Sunil Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Sudhir Kumar and Raja Ram were sentenced to 3.5 years in jail and a fine of Rs 5 lakh each was imposed. The hearing concluded on Saturday and all the 15 convicts, including the RJD supremo, appeared via video conferencing
Fodder scam case: Lalu Prasad Yadav handed jail term of 3.5 years, imposed Rs 5 lakh fine
A special CBI court on Saturday handed Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav a jail term of 3.5 years and imposed a fine of Rs 5 lakh in connection with a Rs 950 crore fodder scam case. Other convicts Phool Chand, Mahesh Prasad, Bake Julious, Sunil Kumar, Sushil Kumar, Sudhir Kumar and Raja Ram were sentenced to 3.5 years in jail and a fine of Rs 5 lakh each was imposed. The hearing concluded on Saturday and all the 15 convicts, including the RJD supremo, appeared via video conferencing
Fodder scam case: Lalu Prasad Yadav handed jail term of 3.5 years, imposed Rs 5 lakh fine
