Lalu Prasad Yadav shifted to RIMS Director's bungalow in Ranchi amid COVID-19 fears

Jailed RJD chief Lalu Pras Yav, currently undergoing treatment for multiple ailments at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi, Jharkhand was on Wednesday moved to hospital director's bungalow in view of his medical safety amid spike in COVID-19 cases.

RIMS ministration h written to Birsa Munda Jail authority seeking shifting of Lalu Yav since ward where he was mitted h been converted into a COVID-19 ward.

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former Bihar CM who is convicted in four cases of multi-crore fodder scam, was sentenced up to 14 years of imprisonment and was serving a term in jail. 72-year-old RJD supremo, after being convicted by a special CBI court in 2017, was sent to Birsa Munda Central Jail in Ranchi. He was later shifted to RIMS as his health condition allegedly deteriorated.

Since n, Lalu Pras Yav has spent a large part of his sentence undergoing treatment at RIMS, and has also been mitted for reasonable lengths of time in New Delhi and Mumbai. Last week, he tested negative for COVID-19, after three of his attendants were diagsed with disease.

Rs 900-crore fodder scam h taken place in animal husbandry department of united Bihar in 90s when Lalu was chief minister. He has been convicted in fodder scam cases pertaining to fraudulent withdrawal of money from government treasuries.

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Coronavirus in Jharkhand

Seven more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Jharkhand on Wednesday, raising death toll to 136, a state government bulletin said. Three deaths were reported from Ranchi district, and one each from East Singhbhum, Giridih, Khunti, and West Singhbhum districts, it said.

A total of 978 people tested positive in past 24 hours, taking state's coronavirus tally to 14,919, bulletin said. Jharkhand w has 9,086 active cases, while 5,826 people have recovered from disease. Till date, 3,64,887 swab tests have been conducted in state, it ded. mortality rate of state is 0.90 per cent, while recovery rate is 38.71 per cent, bulletin said.

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(With ncy inputs)

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