05-17-2005, 08:47 PM
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Agencies/ Ranchi
A special CBI court Tuesday framed charges against Railway Minister Lalu Prasad in yet another fodder scam case in connection with fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from a government treasury after rejecting his discharge plea.
This is the second fodder scam case in over a fortnight in which charges have been framed against Prasad. The charges were read out in the court of CBI special judge Sanjay Prasad in the presence of Minister, former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra and 37 others in connection with the case pertaining to the illegal withdrawal of funds from Dumka treasury between December, 1995 and January, 1996.
Fortynine people were accused in the case. While six have died, three have turned approvers. On April 25, a special CBI court of Umashankar Prasad had framed charges against Prasad, Mishra and 68 others in case relating to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37 crore in 1996 from Chaibasa treasury, now in Jharkhand.
The CBI has filed chargesheets in 60 cases, out of which 53 are being tried in the courts at Ranchi and seven in the courts at Patna. The 950 crore fodder scam was unearthed in Bihar in 1996 when Lalu Prasad was the chief minister. He had resigned from the post in 1997 after a court issued a warrant in one of the cases. After the creation of Jharkhand in 2000, 39 of the 61 cases were transferred to the new state
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Agencies/ Ranchi
A special CBI court Tuesday framed charges against Railway Minister Lalu Prasad in yet another fodder scam case in connection with fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from a government treasury after rejecting his discharge plea.
This is the second fodder scam case in over a fortnight in which charges have been framed against Prasad. The charges were read out in the court of CBI special judge Sanjay Prasad in the presence of Minister, former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra and 37 others in connection with the case pertaining to the illegal withdrawal of funds from Dumka treasury between December, 1995 and January, 1996.
Fortynine people were accused in the case. While six have died, three have turned approvers. On April 25, a special CBI court of Umashankar Prasad had framed charges against Prasad, Mishra and 68 others in case relating to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 37 crore in 1996 from Chaibasa treasury, now in Jharkhand.
The CBI has filed chargesheets in 60 cases, out of which 53 are being tried in the courts at Ranchi and seven in the courts at Patna. The 950 crore fodder scam was unearthed in Bihar in 1996 when Lalu Prasad was the chief minister. He had resigned from the post in 1997 after a court issued a warrant in one of the cases. After the creation of Jharkhand in 2000, 39 of the 61 cases were transferred to the new state
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