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The Special Judge, CBI (AHD cases), Ranchi, Shri A.K.Choudhary,
today convicted eight accused in a fodder scam case. The length
of imprisonment would be decided and pronounced by the judge
tomorrow after hearing the parties on the point of sentence.
This is the seventh AHD scam case which has been disposed
off from trial (six disposed off from Ranchi and one from
Lucknow) and all the seven have ended in conviction. The convicted
persons are: (i) Dr.Erick Kerketta, former District Animal
Husbandry Officer ( DAHO), Daltonganj, Palamu, (ii) Dr.Prabhat
Kumar Sinha, the then Touring Veterinary Officer (Mobile),
Daltonganj, Palamu (iii) Braj Bhushan Prasad, the then Budget
and Accounts Officer, AHD Directorate, Patna, (iv) Dharamdeo
Prasad, the then Treasury Officer, Daltonganj, Palamu, (v)
Chandradeo Mahto, the then Accountant, Palamu Treasury Palamu
(vi) Bipin Bihar Ram, the then Treasury Assistant, Palamu
Treasury, Palamu, (vii) Tripurari Mohan Prasad, Prop.of M/S
Bihar Surgico Medico Agency, Patna and (viii) Sushil Kumar,
Prop. of M/S Samarpan Veterinary Enterprises, Patna.
This case was registered on 25.1.2001 on the allegation
that the accused AHD officials in conspiracy with unscrupulous
suppliers, Treasury officials withdrew an amount of Rs.4.08
lacs from the state exchequer of erstwhile state of Bihar
on the strength of forged and fabricated budget allotment
letters and supply orders and eventually misappropriated the
amount. The suppliers submitted the bills either without supplying
any materials or received full payments by effecting partial
supply.
In this case, CBI had laid chargesheet against nine persons.
One accused Samiram Roy, the then Accountant, DAHO, Daltonganj,
Palamu died during the trial abating the case against him.
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