A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Monday convicted former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (CM) Lalu Prasad in the multi-billion fourth fodder case, but acquitted another former CM, Jagannath Mishra. The fodder scam case is related to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 31.3 million (Rs 3.13 crore) from Dumka treasury in 1990s.
The quantum of sentence in the fodder scam case will be pronounced later, according to Lalu Prasad’s lawyer. Judge Shuvapal Singh delivered the judgment in the case involving fraudulent withdrawal of money between December 1995 and January 1996 from the Dumka treasury. The verdict,