Lalu Gets Five Years in Jail, No More MP

The CBI court gave its verdict against 37 of the 45 convicts in the fodder scandal, which related to the fraudulent withdrawal of 37.70 crore from the Chaibasa district treasury when Bihar was an undivided state.

The district became a part of Jharkhand after it was formed in 2000.

A former RJD legislator, R.K. Rana, got five years' jail and was fined 30 lakh.

A man who had supplied fodder to the Bihar government's animal husbandry department was asked to cough up 1.5 crore -- the maximum fine imposed on anyone in the case.

On Sep 30, the CBI court had held all 45 accused guilty. It sentenced eight of them to three years in prison and slapped them with fines up to 50 lakh.

With Thursday's sentencing, Lalu Prasad becomes the second politician this week to lose membership of parliament in line with a Supreme Court ruling.

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