The long queue of Rashtriya Janata Dal leaders to meet former Bihar Chef Minister lalu Prasad Yadav in jail did not come to an end on Sunday too. Jharkhand Minister Annapurna Devi along with MlAs Suresh Paswan and Sanjay Yadav visited lalu on Sunday. lalu is lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail after he was sentenced five year imprisonment by the special CBI court in Ranchi in a fodder scam case.
Annapurna Devi entered the jail in a private car without any beacon light while Suresh Pasawan was seen sneaking out from the back door to avoid media persons waiting for him on the main gate through which he had entered the jail premises.
Member of Bihar legislative Council Anuj Singh however, was reportedly taken inside the jail on the official vehicle of Jail Superintendent to meet Jagdish Sharma, another accused who has also been awarded five year jail in the same fodder scam case. Jail IG on the other hand expressed his inability to comment on the matter as he is out of station on Sunday.
Meanwhile, one of lalu’s supporters Vijay Yadav created ruckus outside the jail premises after he was not allowed to meet him. Yadav along with his men shouted slogans against the jail administration for around half an hour. Finally, the matter was settled after a jail employee came out from inside and took Yadav inside the jail to meet lalu.
lalu, along with other 45 accused in the fodder scam case RC20A/96 were awarded sentences on Thursday out of which 43 were lodged in Birsa Munda Central jail.