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Fodder Scam Verdict: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav convicted of fraudulent withdrawal from Doranda treasury

RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav convicted of fraudulent withdrawal from Doranda treasury.

New Delhi: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has been convicted of fraudulent withdrawal from Doranda treasury. The CBI Special Court in Ranchi, Jharkhand today pronounced the  verdict in the fodder scam.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad Yadav, convicted in four cases related to the multi-crore scam, is one of the main accused in the case.

According to reports, Lalu Prasad Yadav reached CBI Special Court in Ranchi, Jharkhand on Sunday.

Last year in April,  the Jharkhand High Court granted bail to the RJD Supremo in the case of fraudulent withdrawal from Dumka Treasury, one of the cases related to the fodder scam for which he was convicted.

The Court also imposed the condition to deposit two sureties of Rs 1 lakh each and a fine of Rs 10 lakh.

Lalu Yadav

He had already been granted bail in the Chaibasa Treasury Scam case in October 2020, and in the Deoghar Treasury Scam case in February 2020.

The trial in the Doranda Treasury Ranchi case is still going on.

The case pertains to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.5 crore from the Dumka treasury by Animal Husbandry Department officials between 1991 and 1996 when Yadav served as the State’s Chief Minister.