Fodder scam: CBI moves Jharkhand HC, seeks longer prison term for Lalu
The CBI has moved the Jharkhand High Court seeking that the prison term of RJD chief Lalu Prasad is enhanced from three-and-a-half to seven years in the Deoghar Treasury case in the multi-crore fodder scam . The CBI said other convicts in the case relating to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 8.9 million from the Deogarh Treasury were awarded seven years in prison by a special CBI court on January 6 this year. It argued that all convicts should face the same prison term as the charges and witnesses against all of them were the same. In the petition filed on Thursday, the CBI also sought enhanced prison terms for ex-MP R K Rana, former IAS officers Beck Julius, Phoolchand Singh and Mahesh Prasad, and former government official Subir Bhattacharya. Like Prasad, these five were also sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison. Read Complete Article Business Standard