The court read out the quantum of sentence on February 21. (Image: Twitter/ANI)
The former Bihar chief minister was earlier this week sentenced to five years in jail and fined Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court here in the fifth fodder scam case involving embezzlement of over Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury. .
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More trouble is likely for ailing RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, locked in the Rs 950-crore fodder scam, who is now undergoing treatment at the Rajendra Prasad Institute of Medical Science, as the Enforcement Directorate has seized assets created by those convicted in the scam. could. In the fifth fodder scam case involving embezzlement of over Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury, the former Bihar chief minister was sentenced to five years in jail earlier this week and a special CBI court here sentenced the CBI to 60 Was fined Rs.
The special court directed the CBI to provide a copy of the judgment, FIR and charge sheet in the fodder scam case to the ED for necessary action. In the judgment delivered on February 21, Special CBI Judge Sudhanshu Kumar Shashi said, “I have found that the property/property created by the convicts and the deceased accused in this case from the proceeds of the crime cannot be identified.” He said that it may be subject to investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. “The Enforcement Directorate may, if it so desires, and if the law permits, proceed to identify and confiscate such properties/properties created by wrongfully acquired money by the convicts or the deceased accused persons. Thus, the prosecution (CBI) is directed to provide a copy of this judgment, FIR and charge sheet etc. of this case to the Enforcement Directorate for taking necessary action on their behalf.
The judge said that it was found that the accused was narrowing the scope of investigation after the scam came to light. “I also found that if the present accused had acted at an appropriate time and had investigated the matter in depth, the scam would not have happened. Since 1991, various newspapers had raised the issue that Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) officials were involved in corruption, but no action was taken by the accused despite assuming the post of Chief Minister-cum-Finance Minister of the state. Further, the elected members of the Legislative Assembly had repeatedly raised questions on the floor of the Legislative Assembly regarding fraudulent withdrawals in AHD but no appropriate action was taken by them. “These facts clearly establish that the accused had knowledge of fraudulent withdrawal from AHD, but instead acted as he provided protection to the scammers. The trial of the case, which began in 1996, will be held this year. It was completed on January 29 and Prasad was convicted on February 15. The quantum of sentence was read by the court on February 21.
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