Ranchi, March 19: Former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad has been pronounced guilty in Fodder scam (Dumka Treasury) case by a special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ranchi. Meanwhile, Former Bihar CM Jagannath Mishra has been declared ‘not guilty’ in the scam. The RJD Chief has been found guilty of fraudulently withdrawing Rs 3 crore from Dumka Treasury.

The fourth fodder scam case, involves former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and 30 others. The RJD supremo, who has been admitted to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) after falling sick in the jail on Saturday, would not be present in the court.

To recall, Lalu and others are accused of fraudulently withdrawing Rs. 3.13 crore from Dumka treasury between December 1995 and January 1996, when Lalu was the chief minister of undivided Bihar. Besides Prasad, former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra and 29 people, including former IAS officers and some officials are also accused in the case.

The RJD Cheif is already serving a jail term of 13.5 years in three fodder cases and lodged in the Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi.

A special CBI Court on Friday had made three former bureaucrats of Bihar accountant-general's office accused in the fodder scam. As per reports by ANI, the court issued summons to former Bihar Accountant General P.K. Mukhopadhyay, former Deputy Accountant General B.N. Jha and former Senior Director General of Accounts Office Pramod Kumar on the request of Prasad, who had sought a trial against the three former bureaucrats.

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