Lalu gets breather in fodder scam case till Jan 7

Friday, December 14, 2007, 18:36 [IST]

Ranchi, Dec 14 (UNI) Railway Minister and RJD president Lalu Prasad today got a breather till January 7 in connection with Dumka treasury case, one of the multi-crore rupee fodder scam cases, unearthed in unified Bihar in 1990s.

Jharkhand High Court passed the order in response to a writ petition, filed by Mr Prasad and three other accused - Dr K M Prasad, former Animal Husbandry Department officer, Vidya Sagar Nishad and Dr Rabindra Kumar Rana - both former Legislaotrs.

Justice R R Prasad granted time because the lawyers of the High Court today abstained from work, protesting yesterday's incident in which Amit Dey, an advocate of the High Court, was mudered by some criminals near Hinoo area in the city.

UNI

Topics: LAW-JHARKHAND-LALU

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