VIJAY DEO JHA
Ranchi, Feb. 15: Conviction continues to chase former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad as the special CBI court of S.K. Shashi convicted him in the fifth and the largest fodder scam case on Tuesday.
The case is related to the illegal withdrawal of Rs 139.35 crore from Doranda treasury against an actual allotment of Rs 1.97 crore. As many as 48,45,502 fake vouchers and allotment orders were used to show 2,367 fake supply orders between 1991 to 1995.
His first conviction came on September 30, 2013, in RC 20A/ 96 case related to the Chaibasa treasury case. It pertains to the illegal withdrawal of Rs. 37.70 crore from the treasury. The court awarded him five years of rigorous imprisonment. The conviction led to his disqualification as a member of the parliament.
The judgment in the second case, 64 A/ 96 came on December 23, 2017. The case was related to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from the Deoghar treasury. He was sentenced to 3.5 years of rigorous jail term along with Rs 10 lakh as a fine.
In RC 68 A/ 96 case he was awarded five years of rigorous imprisonment on January 24, 2018. The case was related to the illegal withdrawal of Rs 33.13 crore. The court further slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh on him.
In all these cases Lalu got maximum punishment in RC 38A/96 on March 19, 2018, when the special CBI court of Shivpal Singh convicted him with 14 years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs 60 Lakh. RC 38A/96 is related to the illegal withdrawal of Rs 3.76 crore from Dumka treasury against the actual allotment of Rs1.5 lakh with the help of 96 fake vouchers in the financial year 1995-96.
