Fodder Scam: Lalu Yadav appears before special CBI courts

Ranchi, Jan 17: Former Bihar Chief Minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav today appeared before the special CBI court here in connection with the multi crore fodder scam of the 1990s.Mr Yadav first appeared in the court of special CBI judge Shivpal Singh in connection with case number RC 38/96 which is related to fraudulent withdrawal of funds worth Rs 3.97 crore from the Dumka treasury. Mr Yadav appeared before the court in this case via video conferencing.

However later in the day he appeared physically in the court of special CBI judge Pradeep Kumar in connection with case number RC47A/96 which is related to withdrawal of Rs 184 crore from the Doranda treasury. 
Lalu Yadav is currently lodged at the Birsa Munda Central Jail in Hotwar after he was awarded three and a half years of imprisonment by a special CBI court on January 6 in fodder scam case number RC64A/96 related to fraudulent withdrawal of funds from Deoghar treasury. UNI