Lalu to be sentenced via video-conferencing today

October 03, 2013 09:52

A special CBI court on Thursday will pronounce the quantum of punishment on Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav, held guilty for illegal withdrawal of millions of rupees from the then undivided Bihar's animal husbandry department in the early 1990s, in what is popularly known as the fodder scam.

The sentence will be pronounced through video-conferencing. Lalu Prasad is currently in Birsa Munda central jail in Ranchi.

On Monday, the court had brought to end one of India's longest-running corruption cases when it convicted Lalu and 44 others for forgery, cheating, falsification of accounts and conspiracy, among other offences, and offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act.

The former Bihar chief minister faces a maximum of seven-year jail.

Special Judge Pravas Kumar Singh will pronounce the quantum of sentence against Lalu Prasad and 37 convicts today. Eight convicts were sentenced on Monday itself.

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