Ranchi, February 15: Former Bihar chief minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad Yadav has been convicted of fraudulent withdrawal from Doranda treasury by a CBI Special Court in Ranchi on Tuesday.

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The CBI court, while pronouncing its verdict in the fodder scam case, found the RJD leader guilty. Earlier in April last year, the Jharkhand High Court granted bail to the RJD Supremo in the case of fraudulent withdrawal from Dumka Treasury, one of the cases related to the fodder scam for which he was convicted. He had already been granted bail in the Chaibasa Treasury Scam case in October 2020, and in the Deoghar Treasury Scam case in February 2020. Lalu Yadav - who has now been convicted in all five fodder scam cases in which he was named as a conspirator - was present in the courtroom Tuesday morning as Judge CK Shashi read out verdict. 24 other (of 99 total accused) were acquitted. Among others found guilty are former MP Jagdish Sharma and then Public Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairman Dhruv Bhagat, who have both been given three-year jail terms. Sentencing for Lalu Yadav will also take place today. Lalu Yadav has already been found guilty in four other matters related to the infamous ₹ 950 crore fodder scam - the fraudulent withdrawals of ₹ 37.7 crore and ₹ 33.13 crore from the Chaibasa treasury, ₹ 89.27 crore from the Deoghar treasury, and ₹ 3.76 crore from the Dumka treasury. For his conviction in the Dumka case in 2018 he was also handed a fine of ₹ 60 lakh. Lalu Yadav has challenged all four previous convictions and will likely challenge this too.

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All cases relate to the swindling of government funds meant for cattle fodder.

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