A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Animal Husbandry scam found 10 people, including former Member of Parliament RK Rana, guilty in a fodder scam case dating back to 1996.
The case RC 33A/96 pertained to drawing Rs 37 lakhs from Godda treasury against actual allocation of Rs 1 lakh from Godda treasury in 1996.
The court in its verdict exonerated two accused and postponed pronouncement of sentence for 10 convicts till Monday. Both Girish Kumar Sinha & Mahendra Prasad were acquitted on the ground of insufficient evidence against them.
As many as 12 accused, out of a total of 13, appeared before special CBI court of judge Sita Ram Prasad on Friday. One accused Naresh Prasad, a supplier, could not reach on time as he could not board the bus to Ranchi.
Besides Rana, former chairman of PAC Dhruv Bhagat, Regional Director OP Diwakar, Budget Officer Braj Bhushan Prasad, Supplier Rajesh Kumar Sinha, Treasury Officer Rakesh Kumar Sinha, Treasury Assitant Bhanukar Dubey and Treasury Accountant Balkrishna Dubey were held guilty in the case.