Ranchi, Jharkhand:
RJD chief and ex-Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav has been found guilty of illegal withdrawals of ₹ 139.35 crore from the Doranda treasury by a special CBI court in Jharkhand’s Ranchi.
Lalu Yadav – who has now been convicted in all five fodder scam cases in which he was named as a conspirator – was present in the courtroom Tuesday morning as Judge CK Shashi read out verdict.
98 other accused were also physically present, of whom 24 were acquitted.
Of the rest, 35 were sentenced to three years in jail, including former MP Jagdish Sharma and then Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Dhruv Bhagat. This qualifies them to move for bail.
