Bihar Government will confiscate property of Lalu Prasad to recover money swindled from fodder scam: Samrat Choudhary
The Hindu
Bihar government aims to recover ₹950 crore from fodder scam culprits through legal action and property confiscation.
Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday (March 28, 2025) said that the State Government will approach the court to get back its ₹950 crore misappropriated through the fodder scam in which RJD chief and former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad was convicted.
Mr. Choudhary, who also holds the finance portfolio, said the Government will speak to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Income Tax department so that Bihar’s money could be brought back to its treasury.
He asserted that legal action will be taken by confiscating the properties of people involved in the fodder scam.
“This is the decision of the court and action will be taken on that basis, whether it is Lalu Prasad or anyone else. Whoever was involved in the fodder scam, their properties will be confiscated, and the money will be deposited in the Government treasury,” Mr. Choudhary said in Patna while speaking to the media.
He added, “The court has already sentenced the culprits in this scam, and an order has also been given to confiscate the property. Now 29 years have passed, and the Supreme Court has also given the punishment. As per the court’s order, the property will be confiscated, and the Government’s money will be recovered.”
The fodder scam, popularly known as chaara ghotala, deals with the case related to siphoning off of money from the treasury meant for the Animal Husbandry department in 1995-1996 to the tune of around ₹950 crore.
In all, the CBI had examined 575 witnesses in the case and filed a chargesheet against 170 people. Mr. Prasad was named as an accused in the case for the first time in the chargesheet submitted by the CBI in June 1997. The CBI trial began in February 2002, and Mr. Prasad’s first conviction came in September 2013 in the Chaibasa treasury case related to the fraudulent withdrawal of ₹37.70 crore.
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