Fodder scam: Lalu Prasad convicted in Rs 139 crore Doranda treasury case
FirstpostThe RJD supremo and former Bihar chief minister has already been convicted in previous four related cases, amounting to Rs 950-crore, and is currently out on bail Ranchi: A special CBI court on Tuesday convicted Rashtriya Janata Dal {RJD} supremo and former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad in the Rs 139.5 crore Doranda treasury embezzlement case. 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 K M Prasad are the main accused. In September 2013, the trial court convicted Prasad, Mishra and 45 others in one of the cases related to the fodder scam and Prasad was imprisoned in Ranchi jail. In December 2013, Supreme Court granted bail to Prasad in the case while in December 2017, CBI court found him and 15 others guilty and sent them to Birsa Munda prison.