NEW DELHI: Lalu Prasad, head of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and former Bihar chief minister, was convicted of fraudulent withdrawal of ₹139.35 crores from Doranda treasury in the fodder scam case by a CBI special court in Ranchi.
Notably, the RJD Supremo already convicted in four other cases of the fodder scam was accused in the fifth and final case.
The RJD supremo, who has been making a slow comeback to the state's politics, came to Ranchi on Sunday to be physically present in the court during the hearing.
Apart from Prasad, former MP Jagdish Sharma, the then Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Dhruv Bhagat, Animal Husbandry secretary Beck Julius and Animal Husbandry assistant director Dr KM Prasad are the key accused.
More details awaited.
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