Five-year jail for Lalu Prasad Yadav in Doranda Treasury case

February 22, 2022 By Shivanee Thote

The Central Bureau of Investigation Court gave its verdict on a long-drawn Doranda Treasury case sentencing RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav of 5 years of jail for Rs 139.35-crore Doranda treasury case in the fodder scam.

The highly controversial fodder scam had come to light in 1996, pointing out the misappropriation of around Rs.1000 crores from the state exchequers for the purchase of fictitious medicines and fodder for cattle.

Lalu Prasad Yadav, who was the CM during that time, was accused along with 74 others, out of which 24 were acquitted. He has already been convicted in four other cases related to the scam. They pertain to the alleged fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37.7 crore and Rs 33.13 crore from the Chaibasa treasury, Rs 89.27 crore from the Deoghar treasury, and Rs 3.76 crore from the Dumka treasury.

This sentencing invited comments along the political spectrum, with RJD Tejashwi Yadav affirming over challenging the decision in the court. “I will not comment on the court verdict,” he said. “This is not the last judgment.

High Court, Supreme court is there. We are hopeful that the judgment of the lower court will change in High Court.”Bihar current CM Nitish Kumar also commented saying he was not among those who had filed “litigation” against him (Mr. Prasad). “But he [Mr. Prasad] has now many people around him who were among the litigants”, Mr. Kumar said, while pointing obliquely to senior RJD leader Shivanand Tiwari.

Updated by Preet Joshi

Five-year jail for Lalu Prasad Yadav in Doranda Treasury case

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