Rashtriya Janata Dal president and fodder scam convict Lalu Prasad on August 30, 2018,surrendered before a special CBI court in Ranchi on expiry of his provisional bail.
Prasad, who arrived from Patna on Wednesday, had been directed by the Jharkhand High Court to surrender before the CBI court by August 30.
After his surrender before Judge S.S. Prasad, the RJD chief’s advocate, Prabhat Kumar, said his client was suffering from various ailments.
Th judge then directed doctors of the Birsa Munda Jail to consult doctors who were treating the former Chief Minister.
The judge said that Prasad could also undergo treatment by doctor Umesh Prasad at the Rajendra Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) in Ranchi.
After being sent to jail in December last year following his conviction in fodder scam cases, Prasad spent a considerable time at the RIMS and at the AIIMS, New Delhi, for treatment of various ailments. He was also treated in a Mumbai hospital for three weeks and discharged on August 25.
Prasad 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 refused to extend it further. It ordered him to surrender by August 30.
