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'You are like God for us',Lalu tells judge in fodder scam case

Ranchi: Facing the toughest battle of his long political career, jailed RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today saw God in judges trying the multi-crore fodder scam cases against him and several others.“No problem, sir. You are



After being sentenced to five years rigorous imprisonment in a fodder scam case on October three, Prasad faces four more cases relating to alleged withdrawal of funds from different treasuries during his regime in undivided Bihar.

Forty-five of 53 cases of the fodder scam have ended in conviction with a few acquittals by the special CBI courts set up to try the Rs 950 crore Animal Husbandry Department scam, better known as fodder scam.

Barring one convict, who was sentenced to ten years in prison in a case, the others mostly received prison terms of up to seven years.

Former Bihar Chief Minister Jagannath Mishra, who was admitted to the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences soon after being convicted in the case, was yesterday referred to the AIIMS.

Mishra was sentenced to four years rigorous imprisonment on October three.