Sentence for Lalu in fodder scam delayed due to lawyers death

Ranchi, Jan 03: The special CBI court in Ranchi was to pronounce the quantum of sentence for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav today, who was convicted in the fodder scam. The RJD chief along with 15 others were convicted by the special CBI court on December 23.

The special court was supposed to announce the quantum of sentence on Wednesday but after the death of advocate Vindeshwari Prasad the procedure got postponed.

The court had acquitted Jagganath Mishra, another former chief minister of Bihar, who was also one of the accused in the case which involved the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 84.5 lakhs from the Deogarh treasury.

The special CBI court also served contempt notices to senior leaders of the Congress and the RJD for criticising the December 23 conviction of Lalu Yadav on television.