Former Bihar Chief Minister lalu Prasad Yadav, and others currently lodged in jail after being sentenced for five year RI by a special CBI court of PK Singh in Ranchi on October 3, were on Monday produced before a special designated court of Sita Ram Prasad through video conferencing.
They had been issued production warrant in a fodder scam case RC64A/96 related to fraudulent withdrawal of RS 90 lakh from Deoghar treasury.
“lalu Yadav, Jagdish Sharma, RK Rana and others currently lodged in Birsa Munda Central Jail, today were produced in the court through video conferencing in RC64A/96 in which they are also an accused,” said CBI Special PP Jagat Narayan Singh.
Singh told that the accused were produced one by one and asked their names and addresses by the court. “They were informed that they have also been remanded in this case,” added Singh. lalu and others are already on bail in this case.
The CBI gave a petition in the court seeking additional witness in the case which was opposed by the defense lawyer saying no copy has been served to them by the CBI in this regard. On Tuesday, lalu will be produced before special CBI court of AK Mishra thorough video conferencing in another fodder scam case RC68A/96.
lalu has been made an accused in five of the 64 cases filed by CBI after investigating Rs 950 crore scams related to fraudulent withdrawal of huge sums of money from different treasuries of the State — RC64A/96, RC68A/96, RC38A/96, and RC47A/96.