Lalu Prasad Yadv appears in CBI court over fodder scam
Patna, May 6: RJD chief Lalu Prasad and former Bihar chief minister Jagannath Mishra on Friday,May 6 appeared in a special CBI court here over their involvement in a multi-crore fodder scam, a government lawyer said.
Lalu, Mishra and former MP Jagdish Sharma appeared in the special CBI court at Patna civil court, the lawyer said.
Both
Lalu
and
Mishra
are
on
bail
after
serving
jail
term
in
Ranchi
in
another
fodder
scam
case.
After
appearing
in
the
court,
Lalu
said
he
had
full
faith
in
the
judicial
system.
"I respect judiciary and have full faith in it," Lalu Prasad told the media here.He said he will continue to appear before the court whenever he is asked to in the future.
A
CBI
court
on
Thursday
directed
34
accused,
including
Lalu
and
Mishra,
to
appear
in
the
court.
The
CBI
had
in
1996
lodged
a
case
in
the
fodder
scam.
They were accused of illegally withdrawing Rs. 46 lakh from treasuries in Bhagalpur and Banka between 1994 and 1996.The CBI had filed a chargesheet in 2003.
IANS