Animal Fodder A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Ranchi onThursday convicted 34 people in a case pertaining to the infamousmulti-million rupee fodder scam in Bihar's animal husbandrydepartment in which Railway Minister Lalu Prasad is one of the mainaccused.Justice Sanjay Prasad, the judge of the special CBI court, foundthe 34 guilty of illegally withdrawing Rs.14.7 million from thestate's Dumka treasury by presenting fake bills for procurement offodder.A total of 46 people were accused in the case. Three of them diedduring the trial, three turned CBI approvers, three admitted theircrime, one was acquitted by the court and two are at large.The special court will pronounce the quantum of sentence June 19.Sixty-three cases were lodged by the CBI in relation to the fodderscam in Bihar. Of them, 41 were transferred to Jharkhand after itwas carved out of Bihar in November 2000.Till now, special CBI courts have pronounced their judgements in 24cases. Lalu Prasad is accused in five of the pending cases
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