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Fodder scam: RJD Chief Lalu Prasad gets three-and-a-half years in jail

The CBI court had on December 23 convicted Lalu Prasad and 15 others in the case relating to the multi-million-rupee scam

RJD Chief Lalu Prasad at a press conference in Patna. (Photo: PTI)
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RJD Chief Lalu Prasad at a press conference in Patna. (Photo: PTI)

Press Trust of India
RJD chief Lalu Prasad was on Saturday sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail by a CBI special court in a fodder scam case relating to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 8.9 million from the Deoghar Treasury 21 years ago.

CBI court judge Shiv Pal Singh, who had convicted Prasad, along with 10 others on December 23, also imposed a fine of Rs one million on him for two cases in the scam.

He was fined Rs 500,000 for each case, failing which he would serve another six months in jail, a CBI counsel said.

The court had convicted Prasad

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