Two ex-MLAs sentenced to jail in fodder scam

June 03, 2013 17:10

Two former legislators -- R K Rana and Dhruv Bhagat -- were sentenced to five years imprisonment today in a fodder scam case by a special CBI court in Ranchi.

Two former officials -- Om Prakash Diwakar and Ajit Kumar Sinha -- of Animal Husbandry department were also sentenced to six years imprisonment in the same case.

Six other treasury department officials and one fodder supplier were also sentenced to jail terms by the special CBI court in this case.

The court of special CBI judge Sitaram Prasad had convicted them on May 31. It imposed a fine of Rs 2 lakh on each of Rana, Bhagat, Diwakar and Sinha and on default they should undergo a further three months imprisonment.

Bhagat was a BJP MLA and the then chairman of Public Accounts Committee of undivided Bihar during RJD regime and Rana was an MLA of RJD and went on to become an RJD MP from Bihar.

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