I NTRODUCTI ON.

PRI ME ACCUSED
EXPOSURE OF SCAM
ENTRY OF CBI ( Central Bureau of Investigation)
I NVOLVEMENT OF COURT
STEPS TAKEN BY CBI
PATH TO PROSECUTI ON
END OF LALUS CHIEF MINISTER SHIP
PROSECUTI ON.
CONVI CTI ONS
SENTENCE
THE FODDER SCAM (HI NDI : , ) WAS A
CORRUPTI ON SCANDAL THAT I NVOLVED
THE EMBEZZLEMENT OF ABOUT 9.4 BI LLI ON FROM
THE GOVERNMENT TREASURY OF THE EASTERN
I NDI AN STATE OF BI HAR.

AMONG THOSE I MPLI CATED I N THE THEFT AND
ARRESTED WERE THEN CHI EF MI NI STER OF
BI HAR, LALU PRASAD YADAV, AS WELL AS FORMER
CHI EF MI NI STER, J AGANNATH MI SHRA. THE SCANDAL
LED TO THE END OF LALU'S REI GN AS CHI EF
MI NI STER .

THE NEWS OF FODDER SCAM WAS
FI RST BROKEN OUT BY I NDI AN
J OURNALI ST RAVI S J HA.

J HA, AN ASSOCI ATE DI RECTOR OF
PUBLI C AFFAI RS, WAS
PREVI OUSLY WORKI NG WI TH
ANTI -CORRUPTI ON CRUSADER.

STATE ADMI NI STRATI ON, AND THE PROBE
COMMI TTEE WOULD NOT I NVESTI GATE AND THEY
TRANSFER THE CASE TO THE CENTRAL BUREAU OF
I NVESTI GATI ON(CBI ), WHI CH I S UNDER FEDERAL
RATHER THAN STATE J URI SDI CTI ON.


INVOLVEMENT OF COURT
ENTRY OF SUPREME COURT
ENTRY OF BIHAR HIGH COURT (
bihar court ordered that case should be
handed over to CBI)

AN I NQUI RY BY THE CBI BEGAN .
CBI SEEKS GOVERNOR'S NOD FOR LALOO'S
PROSECUTI ON.
AN I NCOME TAX I NVESTI GATI ON ALSO
BLAMED LALOO FOR THE SCAM.
PATH TO PROSECUTION
THE GOVERNOR PERMI TTED THE CBI TO
PROSECUTE THE CHI EF MI NI STER I N
J UNE, 1997.
LALOO PRASAD YADAV ANTI CI PATI NG HI S
ARREST FI LED FOR AN ANTI CI PATORY BAI L
AND THE CBI OPPOSED I T I N COURT.

LALOO PRASAD YADAV WAS ARRESTED I N THE
17 J UNE AND CHARGE-SHEETED I N THE
SEVERAL HUNDRED CRORE FODDER SCAM.
HE RESI GNED FROM HI S POST AS THE CM OF
BI HAR AND HI S WI FE RABRI DEVI CAME TO
POWER AS THE CM OF BI HAR I N HI S ABSENCE.
TRI AL I N THE CASES CONTI NUED AND LALOO
PRASAD YADAV HAD TO GO TO J AI L SEVERAL
TI MES.
ON THE PARTI TI ON OF BI HAR THERE WERE MORE
THAN 50 CASES RUNNI NG ABOUT THE SAME
SCANDAL I N COURTS I N RANCHI AND THE
J HARKHAND HI GH COURT.
Lalu Prasad, 44 others convicted in fodder scam
case
On 30 September 2013, a Special CBI Court
in Ranchi convicted Lalu Prasad
Yadav and Jagannath Mishra
THE COURT HAS ANNOUNCED A
SENTENCE OF 5 YEARS AND 4 YEARS FOR
LALOO AND J AGANNATH MI SHRA
RESPECTI VELY.
PRASAD HAS ALSO BEEN SLAPPED WI TH
A FI NE OF RS 2.5 MI LLI ON.
THE 65-YEAR-OLD LEADER HAS LOST HI S
LOK SABHA SEAT
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