News Desk, Amar Ujala, Ranchi
Published by: Gaurav Pandey
Updated Wed, 23 Feb 2022 08:03 PM IST
Summary
Lalu Prasad Yadav, who is undergoing treatment at RIMS, is under stress after being sentenced to five years’ imprisonment in the Doranda Treasury case in the fodder scam. His diabetes and blood pressure are rising and falling again and again. Now ED can give him another blow.
The troubles of former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav are not going to end yet. He is presently undergoing treatment at the Rajendra Prasad Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Ranchi after being convicted in the Rs 950-crore fodder scam. ED (Enforcement Directorate) can confiscate the properties earned by the people involved in this scam.
Lalu Yadav was recently sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court in connection with the fifth fodder scam case. The case pertained to embezzlement of over Rs 139 crore in Doranda Fund. The court had directed the CBI to provide the copy of the judgment, FIR and charge sheet to the ED for necessary action.
The special CBI court had given the order on February 21.
In his February 21 order, Special CBI Judge Sudhanshu Kumar Shashi had said that it has been learned that the properties created by the convicts and the deceased accused in the case have not been identified. He had said, it may be subject to investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). After the scam came to light, the accused were trying to dilute the scope of the investigation.
ED can take action if law allows
“The Enforcement Directorate may, if it so desires and the law permits, proceed to identify and confiscate such properties created out of wrongfully acquired money by the convicts or the deceased accused,” the order said. Thus, CBI is directed to provide a copy of this judgment, FIR and charge sheet etc. to ED for taking necessary action on their behalf.
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The troubles of former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav are not going to end yet. He is presently undergoing treatment at the Rajendra Prasad Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Ranchi after being convicted in the Rs 950-crore fodder scam. ED (Enforcement Directorate) can confiscate the properties earned by the people involved in this scam.
Lalu Yadav was recently sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined Rs 60 lakh by a special CBI court in connection with the fifth fodder scam case. The case pertained to embezzlement of over Rs 139 crore in Doranda Fund. The court had directed the CBI to provide the copy of the judgment, FIR and charge sheet to the ED for necessary action.
The special CBI court had given the order on February 21.
In his February 21 order, Special CBI Judge Sudhanshu Kumar Shashi had said that it has been learned that the properties created by the convicts and the deceased accused in the case have not been identified. He had said, it may be subject to investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). After the scam came to light, the accused were trying to dilute the scope of the investigation.
ED can take action if law allows
“The Enforcement Directorate may, if it so desires and the law permits, proceed to identify and confiscate such properties created out of wrongfully acquired money by the convicts or the deceased accused,” the order said. Thus, CBI is directed to provide a copy of this judgment, FIR and charge sheet etc. to ED for taking necessary action on their behalf.
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