Lalu Prasad surrenders before CBI court in Ranchi after his bail ends

Lalu Prasad’s extension request for parole on medical grounds was rejected by the Jharkhand high court.

india Updated: Aug 30, 2018 16:18 IST

RJD leader Lalu Prasad arrives at the airport to surrender at the CBI court in connection with multi-crore fodder scam case, in Ranchi.(PTI File Photo)

RJD president and fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad surrendered before a CBI court in Ranchi on Thursday, after the expiry of his provisional bail.

Prasad, who reached Ranchi from Patna on Wednesday, was directed by the Jharkhand High Court to surrender before the CBI court by August 30.

Watch: Lalu Prasad surrenders before CBI court in Ranchi after expiry of bail

After being sent to jail in December last year following conviction in fodder scam cases, Prasad spent a considerable time at the RIMS hospital in Ranchi and at the AIIMS at New Delhi, for treatment of various ailments. He was also treated at a Mumbai hospital for three weeks and was discharged on August 25.

He was released on six weeks’ provisional bail on May 11 by the Jharkhand High Court for medical treatment and was restrained from taking part in any public function, political activity or issuing statements to the media during the period.

The high court had extended the period of Prasad’s bail till August 27 and had refused to extend it further. He was ordered to surrender by August 30.

(With agency inputs)

First Published: Aug 30, 2018 11:38 IST