Patna: The troubles of RJD supremo and former Bihar CM Lalu Prasad, who is serving a sentence in the fodder scam case, are not stopping. Now the ED has registered a case against him in money laundering. The incident is related to illegal withdrawal of Rs 139.35 crore from Doranda Treasury. On February 21, the Special Court of CBI was ordered to investigate all 75 accused including Lalu Prasad afresh.
The Special Justice of the CBI present in Ranchi had issued an order in this regard to the Enforcement Directorate due to hearing on the point of punishment in the case of illegal withdrawal from Doranda treasury. On February 15 itself, Lalu Prasad and 74 other accused were found guilty in this case. Due to the hearing on the point of punishment, the court had imposed rigorous imprisonment of 5 years and a fine of Rs 60 lakh to Lalu Prasad.
The court had also directed that all the criminals and those accused who have died due to trial in the past should also be investigated under the Money Laundering Act. This was the third case related to the fodder scam in which the court had ordered the Enforcement Directorate to investigate. This fodder scam case is about 950 crores. In the past, the Enforcement Directorate took over two cases related to illegal withdrawal from Dumka treasury and started investigation.
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