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Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad Yadav sentenced to 3.5 years in jail, Rs 5 lakh fine
Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail and a penalty of Rs 5 lakh in connection with the multi-million fodder scam case.
RANCHI: Former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been sentenced to three and a half years in jail and a penalty of Rs 5 lakh in connection with the multi-million fodder scam case.
The sentencing was announced by the Ranchi Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Saturday via video conferencing.
Lalu had on Friday filed a plea of leniency stating that he is dealing with a lot of health issues. “Lalu has diabetes, blood pressure; he almost fainted yesterday,” his lawyer had said on Friday.
Lalu had mentioned in his plea that he had no role in this scam directly.
The RJD chief, along with 14 others, was found guilty by the court, while seven accused, including former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra, were acquitted on December 23.
Lalu has been convicted in one of the cases of the fodder scam, wherein Rs 900 crore from the Bihar exchequer was siphoned off under the pretext of purchasing fodder for livestock.
