RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was sentenced to seven years in prison in the fourth fodder scam case.



No relief for Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav as the Jharkhand High Court rejected his bail plea today for the second time. The court sought Yadav's health reports. Next hearing is on May 4.

Lalu Prasad Yadav was sentenced to seven years in jail in the fourth fodder scam case. He was also fined with Rs 30 lakhs.

Yadav's elder son Tej Pratap Yadav got engaged to RJD senior leader Chandrika Rai's daughter Aishwarya Rai day before yesterday. Yadav, who was in the Birsa Munda jail, missed the engagement function.

Fourth fodder scam

The fourth fodder scam involves fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the treasury of Dumka, now in Jharkhand, but was in Bihar when Lalu was the chief minister.

In other cases, Lalu Prasad has also been sentenced to jail for five and three and half years. The sentence will be carried out separately and will not be combined. He was charged under various sections criminal conspiracy.

Lalu had got 5 years jail term in the first case, amd three-and-a-half years in the second case and another five years in a third case and is presently lodged inside the Birsa Munda jail in Ranchi