In the case of withdrawal from Doranda treasury, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has registered a new case against RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav and other convicts in the fodder scam. Lalu Prasad and other accused were found guilty by the court in the case of illegal withdrawal from Doranda Treasury of 139 crores.
Based on the decision of the CBI court, the ED has registered a new case in this regard under relevant sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. According to ED sources, people who died during the trial have also been kept under the scanner in this case.
The ED will take information about the sources of income and assets acquired after 1990 of the relatives of the accused who died during the trial.
In the past too, ED had registered a case in two cases.
Last month, the ED had registered a case in two other cases of fodder scam. In the case of withdrawal from Dumka treasury, 19 people, including Lalu Prasad, were made accused by the ED, while in the second case of withdrawal from Dumka treasury itself, a case of money laundering was registered against the accused.