CBI files fresh case against Lalu Prasad Yadav, searches at multiple locations

A fresh case has been filed by the CBI against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and searches were reported at 16 locations on Friday morning.

The case is related to alleged corruption linked to recruitments when Lalu Yadav was the chief minister of Bihar, officials said.

Delhi, Patna and Gopalganj were among the places where the searches were on.

The 73-year-old leader was recently granted bail in the fifth fodder case against him. This was the last of the corruption cases linked to the fodder scam in which the RJD leader was convicted and had got a bail. Soon after the bail, he was admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences for treatment, which delayed his return to Patna.

“We had pleaded that he has served half of his five-year sentence in this case. Prasad has already served 42 months in jail against the half sentence of 30 months. Though the CBI opposed the petition saying he is still to serve half the sentence in this case, we had submitted the trial court’s certified copy. The court has granted bail,” his lawyer, Prabhat Kumar, had said after he got the bail.