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Lalu gets 14 yrs in jail in fodder scam: You reap what you sow, says BJP

Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted in the first fodder scam case in 2013 and awarded five years in jail

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RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav escorted by police officials after being convicted by the special CBI court in a fodder scam case, in Ranchi | PTI Photo

BS Web Team New Delhi

Last Updated : Mar 24 2018 | 3:36 PM IST

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad was today sentenced to 14 years in jail and fined Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court in the fourth fodder scam case pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 3.13 crore from the Dumka treasury in the early 1990s, a CBI counsel said here.

CBI judge Shiv Pal Singh awarded two sentences of seven years each to the former Bihar chief minister under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Prevention of Corruption Acts, he said. Prabhat Kumar, Lalu Prasad's counsel, told journalists that he will appeal in a higher court against the judgment.

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