Hearing the petition of former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Chief, Lalu Yadav, the Ranchi CBI Court, on Friday, has given permission to release his passport. After the order of the Court, now Lalu can go to Singapore to get medical treatment.
It may be mentioned here that Lalu Prasad has secured an appointment for his treatment at a hospital in Singapore on 24 September. But, due to legal constraints, he could not go abroad without the permission of the Court. For this he had sought permission from the CBI court to release the passport. For this, he had filed a petition through his advocate Anant Kumar Vij.
After the hearing in the special CBI Court on Friday, an order has been issued to release the passport to Lalu Prasad. Jharkhand High Court Advocates, Prabhat Kumar, Anant Kumar Vij and Devarshi Mandal argued on behalf of Lalu Yadav in the CBI Court.
After the order of the CBI Court, the way was cleared for the renewal of Lalu Prasad Yadav's passport. After being convicted in the fodder scam, the passport of Lalu Prasad Yadav was deposited at the special CBI court. Along with submitting the passport, the CBI court had also banned Lalu Prasad Yadav from going out of the Country. On behalf of Lalu Prasad Yadav, there was a demand to release the passport for renewal citing the expiry of the passport. On the petition filed by Lalu Prasad, the Court had ordered the release of the passport.
Notably, Lalu is battling many diseases, the biggest problem being type-1 diabetes and hypertension. According to both the senior doctors who treated him, Lalu Prasad is suffering from 15 ailments. His biggest concern is his uncontrolled diabetes, due to which he is completely insulin dependent.
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