Tag: Fodder scam

Fodder scam: Lalu found guilty in 4th case, Jagannath Mishra acquitted

Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted in the fourth fodder scam case on Monday. A CBI court in Ranchi found the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief guilt in the Dumka scam case. While the court found the former Bihar chief minister guilty, it found Jagannath Mishra, another former Bihar chief minister, not guilty. Mishra has, however,...

March 19, 2018

Verdict in fodder scam involving Lalu again deferred

The judgment in a fodder scam case involving former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad was again deferred on Saturday and is now likely to be delivered on Monday. The special CBI court of Shivpal Singh was scheduled to pronounce the verdict on Thursday, 15 March, but then shifted it for Saturday before...

March 17, 2018

CBI court verdict in 4th fodder scam case on Saturday

A Special CBI court on Friday issued notices to three ex-officials of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) office and fixed Saturday for pronouncing its verdict in the fourth fodder scam case involving RJD chief Lalu Prasad. Lalu Prasad on Thursday filed a fresh petition in the court of Shivapal Singh to make then Auditor...

March 16, 2018

Verdict in 4th fodder scam case against Lalu Prasad deferred

The judgment in the fourth case of multi-crore fodder scam against former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra was deferred by a CBI special court on Thursday after the RJD leader’s counsel filed a plea. Lalu Prasad filed a fresh petition in the court of Shivapal Singh to make the then Auditor General...

March 15, 2018

Verdict in fourth fodder scam against Lalu Yadav likely today

The legal troubles for jailed former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad seem to be compounding as the special CBI court will on Thursday deliver its verdict in the fourth fodder scam with the RJD chief facing upto 10 years in prison. The hearing in the fodder case — relating to fraudulent withdrawals of Rs 3.13 crore from December 1995...

March 15, 2018

Lalu’s 4th fodder scam case: Court to deliver judgment on March 15

The hearing in a fourth multi-million rupee fodder scam involving former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD Chief Lalu Yadav concluded here on Monday in a special CBI court, which fixed March 15 as the date for delivering its judgment. The case relates to fraudulent withdrawals Rs 13.13 crore from December 1995 to January 1996 from...

March 5, 2018

Fodder Scam: Jharkhand HC rejects Lalu’s bail

The Jharkhand High Court on Friday, 23 February, rejected the bail petition of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case pertaining to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from the Deoghar Treasury. Justice Aparesh Kumar Singh rejected the bail petition of Lalu Prasad, saying he was the chief minister and...

February 23, 2018

Bihar ex-CM Jagannath Mishra surrenders in fodder scam case

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra on Monday surrendered before a CBI court here to serve his sentence in a multi-million rupee fodder scam case. Mishra was convicted and awarded five years sentence on January 24. He had not appeared before the court on January 24. The court had issued a warrant against him. He...

February 5, 2018

Lalu Prasad Yadav gets 5 years jail in third fodder scam case

In a huge setback to Lalu Prasad Yadav, a special CBI court sentenced him to five years of rigorous imprisonment in the third fodder scam. Former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra too was sentenced to five years in jail along with Lalu, who is already serving a 3.5 year jail term in another fodder scam case....

January 24, 2018

Fodder Scam: BJP, RSS, Nitish conspired to get Laluji jailed, says Tejashwi

Lashing out at the BJP and the RSS for hatching a “conspiracy” to get his father Lalu Prasad Yadav jailed, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Wednesday said that he will approach higher court to get justice. “People know how BJP, RSS and more importantly Nitish Kumar have conspired against Lalu ji. We will approach higher...

January 24, 2018

Lalu Prasad awaits verdict in third Fodder Scam case today

A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court is likely to deliver its verdict in another fodder scam case on Wednesday in which jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav is an accused along with 56 others. The particular case relates to the fraudulent of ₹33.67 crore from Chaibasa district treasury during 1992-93. Along with the...

January 24, 2018

Lalu Yadav appears in CBI court in another fodder scam case

Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Yadav appeared in a special CBI court of Ranchi in connection with another fodder scam case over fraudulent withdrawal from a treasury here. Besides Lalu Yadav, other accused in the case also appeared in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court. The case relates...

January 21, 2018

RJD plans naya yatra to seek justice for Lalu

With RJD president Lalu Prasad back in jail in another fodder scam case, keeping the party flock together has become a challenge for the RJD. So, the party has planned a state-wide ‘naya yatra’ to seek justice for the party chief. The yatra will be undertaken shortly after Makar Sankranti. During the yatra, the party...

January 9, 2018

Fodder scam: Akhilesh Yadav expresses solidarity with jailed Lalu

Expressing solidarity with jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad, Samajwadi Party supremo Akhilesh Yadav said on Sunday that the “BJP did injustice” to him. “The BJP did injustice to him,” he said when reporters asked him about Prasad’s sentence in the fodder scam. SP national general-secretary Ramashankar Vidyarthi said in Ballia that Prasad was facing consequences...

January 7, 2018

Lalu Prasad gets 3.5 years jail in fodder scam case

In a huge setback to the RJD, its supremo Lalu Prasad was on Saturday sentenced to three-and-a-half-years jail in a fodder scam case. After three days of arguments on the quantum of punishment, special CBI judge Shivpal Singh pronounced the order through video conferencing. As the CBI judge was delivering the sentence, Lalu Prasad, who...

January 7, 2018

Fodder Scam: RJD will not split due to Lalu’s jail sentence, says Tejashwi

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Saturday said the three-and-a-half-year jail sentence to party supremo Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case will not lead to a split in the party. The former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister also said an appeal will be filed in the Jharkhand High Court. “There will be no trouble or any negative impact...

January 6, 2018

Our charges against Lalu Yadav vindicated by court: Sushil Modi

After a special CBI court on Saturday sentenced Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav to 3.5 years in jail and fined him Rs.5 lakh in a case of fodder scam, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi took to Twitter saying, “Our charges against Lalu has been vindicated by Court”. Conviction is conviction.Either...

January 6, 2018