Ranchi, August 24: The Jharkhand High Court on Friday ordered Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad Yadav to surrender by August 30. Lalu's request for a three-month bail extension on medical grounds has also been rejected by the court. The court had on August 10 extended the provisional bail till August 20, taking into account Lalu's ailing health. The RJD chief was admitted to private-run Asian Heart Hospital in Mumbai on August 22.

On August 17, the Jharkhand High Court had extended the provisional bail of former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad, convicted in four fodder scam cases, till August 27. While granting the extension of the provisional bail, the bench of Justice Apresh Kumar Singh fixed August 24 as the date to hear the bail petition.

According to a report by PTI, senior advocate Chitaranjan Sinha appeared for the RJD leader. To recall, the high court had on May 11 granted six weeks provisional bail to the RJD supremo on medical grounds and again extended it till August 14.

The RJD Chief has been convicted in four cases of the multi-crore rupees fodder scam. The cases relate to illegal withdrawal of money from government treasuries in different districts for the animal husbandry department in undivided Bihar in the 1990s when he was in power in the state.

Lalu was convicted in the first fodder scam case related to the Chaibasa Treasury on September 30, 2013. He was then convicted again in another case related to the Chaibasa Treasury on January 24, 2018. On February 23  Lalu was convicted in cases related to Deoghar Treasury and on March 19, he was again convicted in the Dumka Treasury.

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