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CBI seeks sanction to prosecute Laloo in
another fodder scam-related case

The sources told PTI that the case relates to RC 47(A)96 alleging fraudulent withdrawal of over Rs 1.39 billion by Animal Husbandry Department officials from the Doranda treasury at Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, between 1991-96 when Laloo was chief minister of Bihar.

Prominent among the 177 accused in the case include former chief minister Jagannath Mishra, former AHD ministers Vidya Sagar Nishad and Chandradeo Prasad Verma, RJD MLA R K Rana, independent MLA and former chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of the state legislature Jagdish Sharma, Congress Lok Sabha member Rajo Singh, besides a host of senior state government officials, the CBI sources said.

Most of them are also accused in other cases of the multi-million rupees fodder scam.

Besides Bihar Governor V C Pande, the CBI had approached his counterpart in Jharkhand Prabhat Kumar on March 11 as the case had originated in that state.

The CBI has also sought permission of Lok Sabha speaker G M C Balayogi to chargesheet Rajo Singh, who is now a member of the Lower House.

Similar sanctions have been sought from Bihar assembly Speaker Sadanand Singh to proceed against MLAs allegedly involved in the case.

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