Ranchi: In the third case of the fodder scam, RJD supremo Laloo Prasad Yadav, who was serving a jail sentence in the Devgarh Treasury scam, convicted in the third case of the fodder scam, the special CBI court has sentenced him to 5 years of imprisonment and fined Rs. 5 lakhs. Apart from Lalu Yadav, the former Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 5 lakh. The debate in the Chai Basa Treasury scam was completed on January 10 and the court had reserved the judgment.
According to the CBI’s Economic Offenses Wing, a special court of CBI Special Judge Swarna Shankar Prasad passed the order today in a fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 35 crore and Rs 62 lakh from Chaibasa Treasury attached to the Rs 950 crore fodder scam. During the hearing, another accused Jagannath Mishra could not come due to his wife’s death.
Chaibasa case
Like Deoghar Treasury, illegal eviction of Rs. 33.67 crores was done in 67 bribe from 67 books in Chhatta treasury. In 1996, the report was filed in police in this case and 76 people including Laloo Prasad Yadav and Dr. Jagannath Mishra were made accused. 14 out of 76 people have died. Many accused have become government witnesses In another case of Chaibasa, Laloo Yadav has been sentenced to 5 years in jail.
Lalu is already locked in jail
Prior to this case Laloo Yadav is serving a sentence of three and a half years for the Devogore Treasury case. He is currently lodged in Birsa Munda jail of Ranchi. On 6th January, a special CBI court of Ranchi sent a former Bihar chief minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad to a three-and-a-half year case in a case related to a fodder scam worth Rs 950 crore (illegal withdrawal of 89 lakhs, 27 thousand rupees from Deoghar treasury) He was imprisoned and sentenced to a fine of one million rupees. The former Bihar Chief Minister has also imposed a penalty of Rs five lakh on this case. Lalu Prasad will be given a six-month sentence for not paying the fine. The court had convicted Lalu Prasad and 15 others in connection with the scandal on December 23, 2017.
Deoghar treasury case
A total of 38 people were accused in the case of illegal fodder fodder by fraudulent amount of Rs 89 lakh and 27 thousand rupees from Deoghar treasury between 1990 and 1994, against which the CBI filed the case number RC 64 / 1996, and about 21 years later, in this case, Dec 23 was decided. In the case of the fodder scam, on December 23, 2017, three leaders including Lalu Prasad, three IAS, Krishan Kumar Prasad, the then Animal Husbandry Department, Krishan Kumar Prasad, mobile veterinary officer Subir Bhattacharya and eight fodder suppliers Sushil Kumar Jha, Sunil Kumar Sinha , Rajaram Joshi, Gopinath Das, Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, Jyoti Kumar Jha, Sunil Gandhi and Tripurari Mohan Prasad DaLat was sent to prison by convicted.
Special Judge Shivpal Singh, on December 23 in connection with the fraud case involving Rs. 89 lakhs and 27 thousand rupees from Deoghar treasury, former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra, former Bihar minister Vidya Sagar Nishad, Dhruv, then president of PAC Bhagat, Hardik Chandra Chaudhary, Saraswati Chandra and Sadhna Singh acquitted
In the other case of Chaibasa, the sentence has already been done
Laloo Yadav was found guilty of illegally evacuation of Rs 37 crore and Rs 70 lakh from Chaibasa treasury of the fodder scam. In this case he was sentenced to 5 years. He got bail from the Supreme Court. After this, on January 6, Lalu was fined for three and a half years and fined Rs 10 lakh in the case of the money laundering case related to 89.37 of Devoghar treasury. In this case, he is imprisoned in Birsa Munda Jail in Ranchi. Now this is the third case of Chaibasa Treasury. There was a mud of 33.67 crore rupees. In this case, the CBI filed the charge sheet in 2001. Lalu Prasad and Dr. Jagannath Mishra, 3 retired IAS, six officers of Animal Husbandry Department, then Treasury Officer and 40 Suppliers were accused in this case.
Dumka Treasury case also in final
The hearing of the Dumka Treasury scam, another case related to the fodder scam, has also reached its last phase. This case is related to the illegal withdrawal of Rs 3.31 crore. Special CBI judge Shivpal Singh is also hearing the case. On 12th January Laloo Yadav appeared in the case through video conferencing.
What is the fodder scam
The fodder scam was Bihar’s biggest corruption scandal in which Rs 950 crore was deposited in the name of fodder fed by the exchequer by the exchequer. Theft of the public exchequer also accused Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and former Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra. Due to this scandal, Lalu Yadav had to resign from his post, but he handed over the chair to his wife Rabri Devi. This scam happened in 1996, but as soon as the screenings were opened, many white collar leaders like Lalu Yadav and Jagannath Mishra were seen involved. The matter lasted for almost two decades.
In the year 1994, Bihar Police registered cases of alleged illegal eviction of several crores of rupees through fake bills from various treasuries like Gumla, Ranchi, Patna, Doranda and Loharda in the state. Nine hundred employees of government treasury and animal husbandry department were arrested overnight, many contractors and suppliers were detained and filed dozens of criminal cases throughout the state.
The trial was completed in 44 of the 53 cases related to this case in 2013. More than 500 people were found guilty and different courts sentenced them. In October this year, a case involving a fodder scam was awarded to Lalu Yadav, who was found guilty for the loss of Rs 37 crore. Later in December he got bail from the Supreme Court. On May 10, 1997, the CBI demanded action against Lalu from the Bihar governor. On June 1, 1997, when the Governor got the approval, the CBI had handed over five senior officials of the Bihar government to Mahesh Prasad, Arumugam, Beck Julius, Foolchand Singh and Ramraj Ram were arrested.
