New Delhi: A special CBI court on Tuesday sentenced 11 persons convicted in the multi-crore fodder scam case.
The court headed by Judge Manoranjan Kavi handed out rigorous imprisonment for up to seven years for the fraudulant withdrawal of Rs 55.55 lakh from the Godda treasury.
Those sentenced include Regional Director of the Animal Husbandry Department in Dumka, Omprakash Diwakar, and another AHD official, Ajit Kumar, to rigorous imprisonment for seven years.
A fine of Rs 75,000 was also slapped on Diwakar and a fine of Rs 2.75 lakh on Kumar.
Apart from Dumka and Diwakar, Rakesh Kumar Sinha (treasury officer), Balkrishna Dubey (accounts officer), Bhanukar Dubey (assistant treasury officer) and Brajbhushan Prasad (budget-accounts officer) were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for four years and fined amounts ranging between Rs 1.25 lakh and Rs 2.5 lakh.
Supplier Rajesh Kumar Sinha, was sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for six years and ordered to pay a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh, while other suppliers - Tripurari Mohan Prasad, Sushil Kumar, Naresh Prasad and Brajesh Kumar Sinha - received jail terms of four years and fined between Rs 55,000 and Rs 1.5 lakh.
In case they fail to pay the fines, the convicts, who were sentenced on June 8, will have to undergo simple imprisonment for an additional three months.
The fodder scam surfaced in 1996 and the investigation was handed over to the CBI at the order of the Patna High Court.
In all, 63 cases were registered. Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is an accused in five of the cases.
Apart from other officials, a former regional director in the animal husbandry department was also involved.
Till now the special CBI court has passed judgments in 16 cases and handed sentences to nearly 200 accused in different cases.
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