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This is an archive article published on February 10, 2011

Lalu appears in court in case related to fodder scam

Lalu had filed a petition seeking to get exonerated of all the charges of conspiracy against him in the case.

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad today appeared in the Special CBI Court here in connection with a case related to the multi-crore rupees fodder scam.

Lalu,accompanied by his lawyer C R Sinha,went to the civil court and appeared before the designated CBI judge,B K Jain.

The CBI court had earlier ordered appearance of all the accused persons for facilitating hearing of their respective discharge petition in the case.

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Lalu had filed a petition seeking to get exonerated of all the charges of conspiracy against him in the case.

His lawyer C R Sinha described it as a routine appearance.

The case relates to fraudulent and forged withdrawals of more than Rs 47 lakh from Bhagalpur treasury by state Animal Husbandry Department officials when Lalu was Chief Minister in 1996.

Former RJD MPs,R K Rana and Vidya Sagar Nishadh,also appeared in the court in this connection.

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