Ranchi, July 02: A CBI court today ordered jail
sentence to 15 persons in the multi-crore fodder scam, ranging
from four to five years, for fraudulent withdrawal of money
from a treasury.
The Special CBI court of Pankaj Kumar awarded
five-year imprisonment to M Prasad, Mohammand Sayeed and Vijya
Kumar Mahato, all fodder suppliers, and slapped Rs 25-40
lakh as fine on them.
The remaining 12 convicts were sentenced to four-year
imprisonment and the court slapped Rs 90,000-Rs 20 lakh fine
on them.
On June 30, the court had convicted a total of 48
persons in one of the fodder scam case, including 16
former government officials, for fraudulently withdrawing Rs
11.09 crore from the Doranda treasury under the then Bihar
government in the 1990s.
While the court had already pronounced the quantum of
punishment against 40 convicts, it would deliver the same
against the remaining eight tomorrow.
Bureau Report
First Published: Thursday, July 02, 2009, 22:05