RANCHI:
RJD President Lalu Prasad was today taken to jail after being convicted by a
special CBI court here in the fodder scam case. 65-year-old Prasad was taken to
the Birsa Munda Central Jail here.
The court
has fixed October three for pronouncement of sentence against Yadav, former
Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra and others convicted in the case.
While
coming out from the court, Yadav appeared calm and did not take any question as
his car sped away to the jail located at Hotwar on the outskirts of Ranchi,
adjacent to the National Games Village. Besides
Prasad, the court of Pravas Kumar Singh convicted another 44 accused, including
Mishra, six politicians and four IAS officers, for fraudulent withdrawal of Rs
37.7 crore from Chaibasa treasury.
Later, the
court sentenced IAS officer K Armugam, former Bihar AHD and Labour Minister
Vidya Sagar Nishad and former MLA Dhruv Bhagat and five fodder suppliers for up
to three years. Earlier,
Prasad, who arrived in the court by a white Ambassador car, appeared relaxed
and waved to his party supporters. He sat in the second row in the court room
as the judge began reading out the judgement against him.
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