Lalu Yadav guilty in third fodder scam, sentenced to 5 years in jail 

NEW DELHI, Jan 24: RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav was today convicted by a special CBI court in Ranchi in another fodder scam case. This is the third fodder scam case in which Yadav has been convicted. Lalu has already been convicted in two other cases related to the fodder scams that took place in Bihar in the 90s.

CBI judge SS Prasad also found another former chief minister Jagannath Mishra guility in the case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.62 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in the 1990s.

The court has sentence Yadav to five year jail and has imposed Rs 10 lakh as fine.
Meanwhile, RJD said that the party will pursue the case in higher courts.

Lalu Yadav was first convicted in a fodder scam case in 2013 and was awarded five years’ imprisonment while the conviction in the second case came in December last year.

The trial in three cases gained momentum in May this year after the Supreme Court directed that the trial be completed in nine months.

In all there were 56 accused, including former Chief Secretary of Jharkhand Sajal Chakraborty. Sajjal was Deputy Commissioner of West Singhbhum district when the alleged fraudulent withdrawal had taken place.

The 69-year-old Prasad is currently lodged in the Birsa Munda Jail in Ranchi, as he was awarded a three-and-a-half year sentence on January 6 this year in a fodder scam relating to fraudulent withdrawal from Deoghar treasury. AGENCIES