He clarified that the property was attached following court orders and would be confiscated to recover money. “The process will start soon,” he said.The fodder scam surfaced in 1996 when the then-district collector of Chaibasa, Amit Khare — he retired as chief secretary of Jharkhand — got an inkling of the “loot” of public money in the animal husbandry department.Altogether, 66 cases were lodged, and 170 people, including politicians and bureaucrats, were accused. The first FIR for excess money withdrawal from the Chaibasa district (now in Jharkhand) was lodged on March 27, 1996.Lalu sent to jail in 2013RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav was convicted and sentenced in the fodder scam case in 2013. He is currently on bail. Deputy CM and BJP leader Samrat Choudhary has said the government intends to initiate recovery of the “siphoned off” money from the accused.
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