TamilFodder scam: Lalu Prasad convicted in Rs 139.35 cr Doranda treasury case
15 February 2022, 3:39 pm
Ranchi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav convicted of fraudulent withdrawal from Doranda treasury by a CBI Special Court in Ranchi on Tuesday, February 15, 2022. (Photo: Rajesh Kumar/IANS)
A special CBI court in Ranchi on Tuesday convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and ten others in the Rs 139.35 crore Doranda treasury scam, the fifth fodder scam case.
The former Bihar chief minister has already been found guilty in four cases related to the Rs 950 crore fodder scam, and is serving a sentence of 27.5 years imprisonment.
In the fifth case related to the scam, an FIR was lodged in the Doranda police station in 1996 and later the CBI took over the case.
Initially, in case number RC 47 A/96, a total of 170 were accused of corruption, of which 55 have died, seven became witnesses, two confessed to the crime while six are still absconding.
During the hearing of the case in the CBI special court, 575 people testified on behalf of prosecution, while 35 from the defendants. The probe agency produced 15 documents in the case.
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