Amidst the fear of Coronavirus, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President and former Bihar Chief Minister, Lalu Prasad Yadav is said to be refraining himself from meeting people as the Medical Board of Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS), suggested him to meet people consciously due to his bad health and old age.
Lalu Prasad is convicted in the fodder scam cases. He is undergoing treatment at RIMS in the State Capital. Saturday is the day according to the Jail Manual to meet with Prasad but on this Saturday there were very few people came to meet him. On this day a maximum of three people can meet him. However, he can be met on other days also under certain circumstances.
Talking to media, Dr Umesh Prasad, who is supervising treatment of Lalu Prasad said that as Prasad is facing some severe diseases and his immunity system has decreased so after outbreak of Coronavirus he should meet with people consciously. “People came here to meet Prasad from various places. Some came from foreign countries also. So that the board has suggested Prasad to meet people by maintain some distance,” he added.
The board consisted of departments of medicine, surgery, bone, eye, radiology, cardiology, urology, neurology and psychiatry. After seeing the medical report of Prasad, who was suffering from 12 serious diseases, the board said that help will be sought from the expert nephrologists in respect of serious kidney disease of RJD Supremo. After checking the treatment and protocol, the board said that they are providing proper treatment.
Prasad is currently serving a sentence in the RC-68A / 96 case and admitted to RIMS. In the four cases in which he has been convicted, the CBI case numbers are RC-20, 38, 64 and 68 A / 96. In these cases, he has been sentenced from three and a half years to a maximum of 14 years.
The biggest case related to animal husbandry scam is scandal number RC-47A / 96. This case is related to the illegal withdrawal of about Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury.