PATNA: A special court today summoned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, former Bihar Chief

Minister Jagannath Mishra and others to appear before it on September six in connection with
the multi-crore rupees fodder scam case.

Designated CBI Judge Vimal Kumar Jain asked Prasad and others to ensure their personal
appearance in connection with the case related to fraudulent withdrawal of several lakhs of
rupees from Bhagalpur treasury when the RJD chief was the Chief Minister between 1990 and
1997.

Jain also summoned Mishra, JD(U) MP Jagdish Sharma, also former Chairman of the Public
Accounts Committee of Bihar Assembly, former RJD MP R K Rana, former state Minister
Vidya Sagar Nishad, besides some retired IAS officials allegedly involved in the case.

The court ordered their personal appearance for hearing the petitions filed by them seeking to be
exonerated from the charges levelled against them in the chargesheet, which has already been
submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation.

India today

The Heat Is On

With rebels snapping at his feet and yet another CBI chargesheet filed in the fodder scam—this
time in Jharkhand that has a hostile BJP Government in power—Laloo is hemmed in like never
before

By Farzand Ahmed

The world's most famous Yadav, Lord Krishna, was born in a prison. That is small consolation
for Laloo Prasad Yadav, the beleaguered "Raja of Bihar". Last
Cause Of Rebellion:
week, as he returned to Patna after campaigning in West Bengal,
Dynastic Dream
Laloo was greeted by the disturbing report that the CBI had filed
yet another chargesheet against him in the multi-crore rupee
fodder scam case. The CBI Court in Ranchi had even issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against
him.

This particular case relates to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 182 crore over several years from
the Doranda treasury in Ranchi by officials of the Animal Husbandry Department, senior
bureaucrats and several politicians.

The rebels who plan to upstage the

Laloo-Rabri applecart with NDA support
  

RANJAN
NAGMANI (left) and
YADAV:
DHAMMAVIRYO: Despite having
Laloo's former
stood by Laloo in the past crises, the
aide lacks mass  
two have rebelled against the RJD
base yet poses
chief's attempt to perpetuate family
the biggest
rule
threat

Though it was the eighth case filed by the CBI listing Laloo as a "conspirator" in the looting of
state treasuries, the former chief minister was clearly panicky this time. After all, the case had
been filed in Ranchi, capital of the new Jharkhand state, which has a hostile government led by
the BJP's Babulal Marandi. "I am not surprised. This is a part of the bigger conspiracy against me
by the BJP and the NDA Government at the Centre, which has been using the CBI as a tool. I
will face this case too. I will expose them," thundered Laloo.

As soon as news of the chargesheet and the warrant reached the chief minister's house at Patna's
1 Anne Marg, the iron gates were shut for visitors and mediapersons. Laloo and his wife, Chief
Minister Rabri Devi, held hurried consultations with trusted lieutenants and it was decided to call
an emergency meeting of the RJD Legislature Party the same evening to chalk out strategies to
meet the challenge.

The meeting led to rumours that Laloo and Rabri might prop their eldest daughter, Misa Bharati,
as the new chief minister (see box). However, it also threw up a new line of argument to counter
the situation: that the filing of the chargesheet in the Jharkhand court amounted to contempt of
the Patna High Court, whose full bench had ruled only four days ago that all the 36 fodder scam
cases pending before the court should be heard in Bihar.

Laloo's supporters claim the high court had ruled that all cases pertaining to the "larger
conspiracy" angle fell within Bihar authorities' jurisdiction. "The CBI has suppressed facts and
misled the court while filing the chargesheet. This amounts to contempt of court," his supporters
argue. They also think it is an obvious ploy to discredit their leader. "The CBI has no evidence
against Laloo but since its Joint Director U.N. Biswas has to serve the political interests of his
masters in the NDA Government-which has given him an extension for two years-he has falsely
implicated Laloo in the case," alleges RJD spokesperson Shivanand Tiwary.
 In the past, he was lodged in
the Beur Jail in Patna. With
wife Rabri running the
government, nothing seemed
amiss.
Laloo is no stranger to prison, having been to jail five times-
the first time during the Emergency. Of the remaining four He fears that if he is lodged in
stints, three related to the fodder scam cases, staying for as a Jharkhand jail he will lose
long as 90 days in jail on one occasion. This time, however, grip over the party and the
there is a clear sense of panic among his loyalists, maybe Government.
because, unlike in the past, Laloo might not be able to rule by
proxy from within the prison. Jharkhand's BJP Chief
Minister Babulal Marandi has
Perhaps for the first time in his 11-year rule, Laloo too feels said Laloo will be regarded as
hemmed in, both politically and legally. Trusted friends like any other prisoner and will
Ranjan Prasad Yadav, the Rajya Sabha member and the RJD get no special treatment.
working president till recently, and Nagmani, the Lok Sabha
MP, have walked out of the party to form the splinter RJD
(Democratic). They have taken with them fellow MPs Bhante
Dhammaviryo, Anwarul Haque and Sukhdeo Paswan, all of
whom rebelled against Laloo's attempts to perpetuate family  
rule. Dissidence has led to cracks in the Cabinet as well, with
Shakar Prasad Tekriwal resigning as finance minister.

However, Laloo is trying to draw comfort from the fact that

no one from among the 115 MLAs has come out openly in NDA leaders believe that if
support of Tekriwal or Ranjan Yadav. "We have faced many Laloo stays in jail for a long
such crises in the past but the Government has survived. This time, it will be easy to lure
time too all party legislators, MPs and allies (Congress with RJD MLAs and topple the
11 MLAs, each of whom is a minister) are solidly behind Rabri regime.
Laloo and Rabri," claims Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, RJD
leader in the Lok Sabha. His once trusted aides like
Ranjan Yadav and Nagmani
The confidence is rooted in the fact that none of the are working overtime
dissidents, not even Ranjan Yadav, has enough mass appeal persuading old contacts in the
to mobilise the MLAs against the Laloo-Rabri leadership. RJD to dump Rabri and join
Four days before the filing of the chargesheet, Nagmani had an alternative government.
boasted that the Rabri Government's days were numbered. In
fact, the dissidents were just waiting for Laloo to be arrested Laloo has been to jail thrice
and lodged in a Jharkhand jail before beginning their final already in fodder scam-
assault. related cases but this time, he
looks jittery.
Their strategy is simple: to win over at least 39 of the 115
RJD legislators in order to split the party. Subsequently, they hoped, the split would be
formalised and Ranjan Yadav would be elected as the leader of the new group. The NDA allies
in the state-Samata, with 30 MLAs, BJP (35), Janata Dal (United) (12) and Lok Janshakti (6)-
besides the Bahujan Samaj Party (5) and some of the Independents would extend support from
outside to the alternative government.
The dissidents hoped that they would easily muster an outside support of more than 100 MLAs
and banked on the assumption that the formation of a new government would be attractive
enough a proposition for a majority of RJD MLAs to cross over to their camp.

But the master manipulator that he is Laloo has so far managed to stay a step ahead of his
opponents, knowing well enough how to break the enemy ranks and spread confusion. The day
the dissidents held a meeting in Delhi to set a deadline for the ouster of the Rabri Government,
Laloo telephoned some of the potential defectors and warned them of the supposed BJP-NDA
game plan.

As word spread in Patna about Laloo's possible arrest, anger among his supporters mounted.
Fearing widespread trouble in the wake of his anticipated arrest, the state's Special Branch
sounded a red alert and asked all district magistrates and superintendents to take precautionary
measures. The Special Branch feared the RJD supporters would attack the CBI offices, gherao or
attack its officials, ransack Central government establishments and target all those opposing the
Rabri Government.

The anger was not quite misplaced, considering that hardcore Laloo supporters have for years
been convinced the CBI has been acting vindictively. Several remarks by senior party leaders
alleging that the CBI was trying to harass Laloo to please its political masters, seemed to have
added fuel to the fire

Times now

Fodder scam: CBI court summons Lalu 18 Aug 2010, 1700 hrs IST, AGENCIES
A special court today summoned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, former Bihar Chief Minister
Jagannath Mishra and others to appear before it on September six in connection with the multi-
crore rupees fodder scam case.

Designated CBI Judge Vimal Kumar Jain asked Prasad and others to ensure their personal
appearance in connection with the case related to fraudulent withdrawal of several lakhs of
rupees from Bhagalpur treasury when the RJD chief was the Chief Minister between 1990 and
1997.

Jain also summoned Mishra, JD(U) MP Jagdish Sharma, also former Chairman of the Public
Accounts Committee of Bihar Assembly, former RJD MP R K Rana, former state Minister
Vidya Sagar Nishad, besides some retired IAS officials allegedly involved in the case.

The court ordered their personal appearance for hearing the petitions filed by them seeking to be
exonerated from the charges levelled against them in the chargesheet, which has already been
submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation.
Dna

For years, it was the Rs950 crore fodder scam that stole the limelight on the political stage in
Bihar. Now, with a few months to go for assembly elections, a scam 10 times that size has
emerged.

Last week, the Patna high court ordered an inquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
into the Rs11,412 crore treasury withdrawal fraud. On Tuesday, the political impact of that was
felt in Patna and Delhi.

Chaotic scenes were witnessed in both Houses of the legislature as opposition members
overturned desks and chairs, broke microphones and virtually came to blows with ruling alliance
MLAs over the debate on a CAG report on alleged financial irregularities.

Chairman TK Jha suspended 14 opposition MLCs for the day, following unruly scenes in the
House after the opposition demanded resignation of the BJP-JD(U) government over the findings
of the CAG report. The document highlighted alleged irregularities of Rs11,412 crore in
execution of development and welfare schemes between 2002-03 and 2007-08.

This has come as a shot in the arm for the Congress and it hopes to capitalise on the discomfort
of rivals. “The scam happened during the regimes of governments run by the Janata Dal(U)-BJP
combine and the Rashtriya Janata Dal. So neither chief minister Nitish Kumar nor former union
railways minister Lalu Prasad can claim be free from taint,” Mukul Wasnik, Congress general
secretary and in-charge for Bihar, said.
Wasnik had a long meeting at the AICC headquarters with district observers to assess the ground
situation. The details of the party’s election effort and preparations were also discussed. It has
emerged that the observers shall finalise recommendations for each of the 243 assembly
candidates in consultation with district and block office bearers. They are expected to come back
with the recommendations by August 10.

On the face of it, with just 10 sitting members in a house of 243, the Congress is on a weak
wicket, but with such a massive scam surfacing months before the elections, the party feels that
both Nitish Kumar and Lalu Prasad could be pushed on the backfoot.

“They have lost credibility and the Congress is the only viable option for the people when it
comes to ensuring inclusive development,” Wasnik said.

Commenting on the court order, BJP spokesperson

Rajiv Pratap Rudy said, “We will prove to the people that we are for the development of the
state.
TOI

NEW DELHI: Fifteen people, including some former senior government officials, have been
sentenced to jail term ranging from five to ten years and slapped fines of Rs five lakh to ten lakh
by a special CBI court in Ranchi in the multi-crore fodder scam case.

"The Special Judge-I, CBI, Animal Husbandry Department (AHD), Ranchi has sentenced 15
accused persons in one of the multi-crore fodder scam cases being trialled at Ranchi," a CBI
spokesperson said on Wednesday.

The court awarded Dr K N Jha, Regional Director, AHD, Ranchi six years of rigorous
imprisonment with a fine of Rs 15 lakh, Dr B N P Verma, retired Assistant Director (Poultry),
Ranchi six years RI with fine of Rs 15 lakh, Dr Hemendra Kumar Sinha, Farm Veterinary
Officer, Regional Poultry Farm, Hotwar, Ranchi six years RI with fine of Rs 10 lakh.

It also sentenced Dr Kameshwar Sahay, retired DAHO (head of the department of animal
husbandry), Palamu to five years RI with fine of Rs 5.25 lakh, Dr Shailendra Kumar Bharti,
Assistant Poultry Marketing Officer, Ranchi to five years RI with fine of Rs 5.25 lakh, Dr D P
Srivasatava, Retired Assistant Poultry Marketing Officer, Ratu, Ranchi to six years RI with fine
of Rs 10 lakh.

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Ranchi, Dec 15 (ANI): A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court today convicted 18
people in connection with the fodder scam of the mid 1990’s.

The convicted have been sent to two to six years’ rigorous imprisonment.

Earlier in April this year, the CBI court had convicted 45 accused and sentenced 14 of them to
three years rigorous imprisonment.The fodder scam also known as “Chara Ghotala” was a
corruption scandal that involved the alleged embezzlement of about Rs. 950 crore from a Bihar
Government treasury.

The alleged theft spanned many years, and was engaged in by many Bihar state government
administrative and elected officials across multiple administrations, and involved the fabrication
of ‘vast herds of fictitious livestock’ for which fodder, medicines and animal husbandry
equipment was supposedly procured.
Although the scandal was exposed in 1996, the theft had been in progress, and was increasing in
size, for over two decades.

In February 1985, the then Comptroller and Auditor General of India, T.N. Chaturvedi, took
notice of delayed monthly account submissions by the Bihar state treasury and departments and
wrote to the then Bihar Chief Minister, Chandrashekhar Singh, warning him that this could be
indicative of temporary embezzlement.

This initiated a continuous chain of closer scrutiny and warnings by Principal Accountant
Generals (PAGs) and CAGs to the Bihar Government across the tenures of multiple chief
ministers (cutting across party affiliations), but the warnings were ignored in a manner that was
suggestive of a pattern by extremely senior political and bureaucratic officials in the Bihar
government.

In 1992, Bidhu Bhushan Dvivedi, a police inspector with the state’s anti-corruption vigilance
unit submitted a report outlining the fodder scam and likely involvement at the chief ministerial
level to the director general of the same vigilance unit, G. Narayan.

In alleged reprisal, Dvivedi was transferred out of the vigilance unit to a different branch of the
administration, and then suspended from his position. He was later to be a witness as corruption
cases relating to the scam went to trial, and reinstated by order of the Jharkhand High Court.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and the then Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad is also one of the
accused in the Rs. 950 crore-scam. The fodder scam was unearthed in Bihar in 1996 when Lalu
Prasad was the Chief Minister of the state. He had resigned from the post in 1997 after a court
issued an arrest warrant against him in connection with one of the cases. (ANI)

More at : Ranchi CBI court convicts 18 fodder scam accused

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Ranchi, Apr 24 (ANI): A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Friday convicted 45
accused and sentenced 14 of them to three years rigorous imprisonment in connection with the
fodder scam case of early 1990’s.

The court also slapped fines between Rs. 15,000 and Rs. five lakh on the 14 accused.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and the then Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad is also one of the
accused in the Rs. 900 crore-scam.

The court has fixed April 27 to pronounce the quantum of punishment on the rest 31 convicts.

The fodder scam was unearthed in Bihar in 1996 when Lalu Prasad was the Chief Minister of the
state. He had resigned from the post in 1997 after a court issued an arrest warrant against him in
one of the cases.
This was the 30th of the total 53 fodder scam cases to have been to the conviction stage. (ANI)

Ranchi, Jan 29 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Friday awarded jail
terms between three to five years to eight people held guilty in a multi-million fodder scam case.
Special CBI Judge B. Jha pronounced the quantum of sentence in the Animal Husbandry (AHD)
Scam case, RC 29 A/96, which is related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.5.37 million from the
Hazaribagh district government treasury in early 1990s.

The court Thursday convicted nine people, and supplier Anil Kumar was sentenced to two and a
half years rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Rs.40,000.

The quantum of sentence against the remaining eight convicted persons was pronounced Friday.
They were awarded three to five years’ rigorous imprisonment and also slapped fine between
Rs.50,000 and Rs.6 lakh. The key person involved and sentenced to five years, was the then
regional director of AHD Kashinath Singh.

The multi-million rupees fodder scam surfaced in 1996 during undivided Bihar. A total of 61
cases were transferred to Jharkhand after it was carved out of Bihar in November 2000. The
special CBI courts have passed judgment in 32 cases.

Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra
are accused in five cases and the trial is going on in CBI courts in Ranchi.

More at : Eight convicted in fodder scam sentenced to jail

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to-jail_100311719.html#ixzz0x8eBGQj1

Ranchi, Dec 15 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Tuesday
sentenced 18 people in a case of the multi-million fodder scam to jail terms ranging from two to
six years rigorous imprisonment.
Fines up to Rs.26 lakh were also slapped on the convicts in the case of fraudulent withdrawal of
Rs.8.60 crore from the Ranchi treasury.

Special CBI judge S.K Dubey, who had Thursday convicted 48 people in the case and sentenced
eight the same day to two to three years imprisonment, sentenced 18 convicts including the then
regional director of the animal husbandry department, Junual Bhengraj, who got six years in jail.

The sentences to the remaining convicts will be announced Wednesday.

There were a total 58 accused in the case, of whom four died during the trial and two turned
approvers.

The fodder scam surfaced in Bihar in 1996. A total of 61 cases were transferred to Jharkhand
after it was carved out from Bihar in November 2000. The special CBI courts have passed
judgments in 32 cases out of these.
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Ranchi, July 31 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Friday convicted
former Lok Sabha MP R.K. Rana and 13 others in a multi-million fodder scam case.
A special CBI court of Bireshwar Jha convicted Rana and 13 others in a case related to
fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.28 lakh from Godda district treasury in 1992. The fund was
withdrawn on forged bills.

There were 20 people accused in the case. Four died during trial, two confessed and 14 were
convicted Friday.

The special CBI court gave two and half years imprisonment to two and said the sentencing of
the other 12, including Rana, would take place Saturday.

Rana was elected to the Lok Sabha on a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) ticket when Jharkhand was a
part of Bihar.

When Jharkhand was carved out from Bihar in 2000, 53 of the 61 cases related to the fodder
scam were transferred here.

For speedy trial seven CBI courts were constituted. The special CBI courts have delivered
judgement in 30 cases. More than 230 accused have been convicted.

The CBI held former railways minister and RJD chief Lalu Prasad and former Bihar chief
minister Jagganth Mishra accused in five fodder scam cases.

26 fodder scam convicts awarded rigorous

imprisonment
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Ranchi, April 27 (IANS) Twenty-six convicts of a multi-million fodder scam case were Monday
awarded three to six years of rigorous imprisonment by a special Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) court in Jharkhand.
Judge A.H. Ansari also slapped fine ranging from Rs.1 lakh to Rs .ten lakh on the 26 convicts,
who were held guilty by the court last Friday.

If the convicts fail to deposit the fine, they will have to spend six months more in imprisonment.
The court had convicted 40 accused in the case related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.90 crore
from a government treasury in early 1990s. There were a total of 55 accused in the case and the
charge sheet was filed in 1999.

Eight of the accused died during the course of the trial, one turned approver, one pleaded guilty
and two are still absconding.

Two accused were acquitted and one is undergoing treatment in a mental hospital of Ranchi.

The court Friday sentenced 14 of the convicts to three years’ imprisonment and slapped fine
between Rs.15,000 and Rs.5 lakh against them.

Till now, CBI courts have passed judgment in nearly 30 cases of the scam. Railways Minister
and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and former chief minister of Bihar Jagannath
Mishra are accused in five of the fodder scam cases, trials of which are underway in Ranchi CBI
courts.

Sixty-three cases were filed in the Rs.90 crore Animal Husbandry Department (AHD) scam
which surfaced in 1996 during undivided Bihar.

Lalu Prasad was the chief minister of Bihar then and had to quit after the CBI filed charges
against him in the scam. After Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar, 52 cases were transferred to
Ranchi.

Ranchi, Aug 1 (IANS) A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Saturday sentenced
R.K. Rana, a former MP of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), to five years in jail in a case of the
multi-million rupee fodder scam.
A fine of Rs.4 lakh (Rs.400,000) was also imposed on Rana.

Special CBI court judge Bireshwar Jha pronounced the sentence in a fodder scam case relating to
fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.2.8 million from Godda district treasury in 1992. The money was
withdrawn on the basis of forged bills for medicines of the animals.

The CBI court had convicted 14 people in the case Friday and it had awarded two and two half
years imprisonment to two accused. The court pronounced sentence against 12 people, against
the remaining 12 including Rana. The minimum sentence awarded Saturday was for three and
half years and maximum, five years.

The minimum fine imposed was Rs.40,000 and the maximum Rs.4.90 lakh — on Tripurari
Mohan, a supplier. Mohan was also sentenced to five years in jail.

Rana was an employee in the animal husbandry department (AHD), but quit his job in 1994 and
joined the RJD. He served as an MP from undivided Bihar.

There were 20 accused in this case. Four died during trial, two confessed their crimes and rest
were convicted on Friday.
A total of 53 cases out of the total 61 were transferred to Jharkhand after the state was carved out
of Bihar in 2000 and seven CBI courts set up for speedy trial. These courts have delivered
judgement in 31 cases, convicting more than 230 of the accused and sentencing them to jail
terms from three to seven years.

The hindu

Ranchi: A special CBI court here on Thursday sentenced 58 persons, including two nephews of
Railways Minister Lalu Prasad, to jail terms ranging from two-and-a-half years to six years for
fraudulently withdrawing Rs. 48 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in the 1990s.

Judge Uma Shankar Prasad Sinha sentenced suppliers Nagendra Yadav and Virendra Yadav, the
nephews of the RJD chief, and two other suppliers - Rakesh Mehra and Sanjay Kumar - to three
years rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs. 1.45 lakh each in the case.

As many as 15 treasury and animal husbandry department officials, including two former
regional directors - Junul Bhengraj and Ram Raj Ram - were handed out six years of rigorous
imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 3.8 lakh each. In default of paying the fine, the convicted will
have to undergo one more year of rigorous imprisonment. Altogether, 38 other suppliers,
including five women, were sentenced to prison terms ranging between two-and-a-half years and
five years and a fine of upto Rs. 2.75 lakh each. The sentence of another official Dr. G.P.
Tripathy was not pronounced. - PTI

Toi

RANCHI: A special CBI court here on Wednesday sentenced 15 convicts to imprisonment of

four years to six years in a fodder scam case (RC 44A/96) pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of
Rs 8.6 crore from the Ranchi treasury.

The court also imposed fine, ranging from Rs 75 thousand to Rs 35 lakh, on them.

The court of CBI judge S K Dubey had on November 10 convicted 48 of the total 51 accused in
the case while the three were acquitted for want of evidence. Eight of the convicts were awarded
three years' imprisonment and granted bail the same day.

Later on Tuesday, 18 of the convicts in the case were sentenced to imprisonment ranging from
three years to six years. On Wednesday, the court awarded six years' rigorous imprisonment (RI)
to seven of the remaining convicts, including former animal husbandry department (AHD)
officials Dr K N Jha, Dr B N P Verma, Dr Hemendra Kumar Sinha and Dr D P Srivastav and
former treasury officials K B Thakur, S K Kashyap and Ashok Kumar Singh.
Ravi Sinha, a Patna-based fodder supplier, was sentenced to four years' RI and fined Rs 35 lakh.
Another supplier and owner of a drug firm, Devendra Kumar Roy was fined Rs 75 thousand and
awarded four years' RI.

Two former AHD officials Dr Shailendra Bharti and Dr Kameshwar Sahay were awarded five
years' RI and fined Rs 5.25 lakh each while four other suppliers Sanjay Sinha, Ram Nandan
Singh, Satyendra Kumar Mishra and Dayanand Prasad Kashyap were awarded four years' RI
each.

Hearing on the quantum of punishment to the remaining seven convicts will take place on
Thursday, said special public prosecutor SK Lal.

The multi-crore fodder scam rocked undivided Bihar in 1990s with several state officials and
politicians being accused of fraudulently withdrawing over a thousand crore from various district
treasuries. The accused include the then chief minister Lalu Prasad whose name figures as a
conspirator in six cases which are yet to be disposed of.

This was the 34th of the 53 fodder scam cases in Ranchi CBI courts to be disposed of. A few
cases are pending in the Patna CBI court.

PATNA: It's quite common to hear politicians talking about going to people's court. For a
change, a retired Bihar-cadre IAS officer has tried to do the same by launching a website to share
his take on the fodder scam that rocked the state in 1990s and of which he is an accused.

Kadalkaraj Arumugham, the 1966 batch officer, spent several months in jail as an accused in six
of the scam cases. Five years after his retirement, he has got http://www.fodderscamtruth.com
launched by none other than BJP leader Saryu Rai who was one of the petitioners seeking the
Patna High Court intervention for a CBI probe into the scam.

Incidentally, the website also contains a list of politicians, including those belonging to NDA,
who are alleged to have been beneficiaries of the scam money.

"I agreed to launch the website as I played a major role in bringing this scam to the notice of
people," Rai told TOI over phone on Saturday. He said the CBI failed to do justice with the scam
cases as it could not get RJD supremo Lalu Prasad convicted even in a single case.

Rai, however, made it clear that he did not agree with parts of the contents on the site. "My
views have also been posted on the website," he said.
Arumugham said he chose to launch the website because he failed to get justice. "It was a friend
of mine who gave me the idea to launch the website if I wanted to reach out to the people of the
country," he said, adding he has now the satisfaction that people would know "the whole truth"