Lalu Prasad Yadav sentenced to 3.5 years in fodder scam case

A special CBI court today sentenced Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav along with other convicts to 3.5 years in jail in the ₹89-lakh fodder scam case. The court further imposed a fine of ₹5 lakh each on the convicts. The scam was exposed in 1996, leading to Yadav's resignation as the Bihar CM.