How Lalu conspired and helped AHD scamsters in As a , as a leader opposition and as a MLA in Bihar Lalu Prasad was hand in glove with scamsters . He promoted, conspired and protected the and scamsters. Lalu was in know of it from very beginning.

A Brief report based on the informations gathered by Mr. Saryu Roy from various sources given below is eye opener. It is a mere indicative chart and not exhaustive. Many more related informations may pour in from where it might be lying.

1. In the year 1985 Mr. Nawal Kishor Shah, MLA filed a petition before the then speaker of Bihar Legislative Assembly about the financial irregularities in Animal husbandary department and alleged that that Rs. 50 crores bungling has been committed by some officials in purchase of medicines and fodder.The petition committee of the assembly made elaborate enquiry in this petition no. 1160/85 and reported that 3 IAS officers, 19 AHD officers including kingpin S B Sinha, a Lalu confidant and 15 suppliers were guilty for the bungling. Lalu Prasad was also MLA at that time. No action was taken on the enquiry report.

2. On 29.6.1989 Mr. Sonadhari Singh, MLA wrote to the then Govt. about gross financial irregularities in the AH Department. The then state Govt. ordered vigilance enquiry. Mrs Kumud Chaudhary, SP, Vigilance, made enquiry. Lalu Prasad became CM by the time enquiry report was filed. The matter was suppressed.

3. On 5.4.1990 the then Deputy Accountant General Mr. P S Aiyar in a communication to the Regional Development Commissioner, , Mr. M C Subarno warned about huge fraudulent excess withdrawal from treasuries and informed that the vehicles on which, cows, buffaloes etc. have been shown to be transported were actually found to be scooters and autos etc after enquiry. He also informed about fake purchase of medicines and folders. The RDC forwarded it to the state Govt. but no action was taken by the Lalu Prasad Govt.

4. On 18.8.1990 Mr. Ram Jiwan Singh, a minister in Lalu's Govt. wrote to CM Lalu Prasad for CBI enquiry into AHD bunglings. LPY ordered vigilance enquiry on the file. Meanwhile former CM jagannath wrote a letter to him that concerned officials may be victimised in vigilance enquiry hence the allegations should be enquired by Development Commissioner. Lalu agreed but enquiry was never done.

3. On 21.6.1990 Mr. Rameshwar Prasad, MLA, filed a complaint before vigilance deptt. and ask for enquiry in the financial irregularities in the AHD. Vigilance case no. SR 34/90 was instituted. Mr. Lalu Prasad was the CM. enquiry was stopped. Records surfaced when CBI seized the documents after high court order to enquire into fodder scam in 1996. It was made a part of case no. RC 47/96 by the CBI in which a fraudulent withdrawal of Rs. 180 crores from Chaibasa treasury came to light.

4. On 18.3.1991 Mr. K N Pathak and Mr. S P Singh, both MLC, alleged through a call attention motion before the Bihar Legislative Council that according to a report sent by the deputy commissioner, Ranchi,Rs. 20 crore was seized by the Income Tax officials in a raid on the residences of AHD officers at Ranchi and asked what action was taken by the state Govt against them. Mr Vidhan Sagar Nishad, AHD Minister in Lalu Govt. replied in negative and said that the Govt. has no knowledge about it though the matter was widely published in local dailies of Ranchi and .

5. On 29.3.1992 Income Tax officers raided the residences of AHD officers at Ranchi and unearthed huge amount of black money. The news was published widely in newspapers of Ranchi and Patna but state govt. did not take any notice of it though the IT officers reported it to the state govt of Lalu Prasad.

6. On 29.5.1992 Mr. V B dwivedi, inspector vigilance posted at Ranchi, wrote a letter to the DGP, Bihar narrating the details of illegal money seized during the IT raid on AHD officials premises at Ranchi. The DIG and the SP found his report true after enquiry but no action was taken. Later V B Dwivedi was harrased and mentally tortured by the superiors in vigilance deptt.

6. Again on 1.2.1993 IT investigation wing officials after an informer report stopped the Indian Airlines plan on runway at Ranchi airport and seized RS? 3 crores and gold- diamond jewellery from the baggage of a AHD official and a supplier . They submitted a report to its director Mr. P P Lakkar at Kanpur headquarter. He in turn reported it to the Bihar Govt. of Lalu Prasad but the report was thrown to dustbin.

7. On 13.4.1993 Bihar CM Lalu pd appointed an AHD scam accused Mr. Daya NAND Kashyap as vice chairman of the Ranchi District 20 poin programme implementation committee. Appointment was made to appease the AHD mafia in power sharing.

7. On 4.6.1993 Mr S K Modi, MLA, raised a question in the assembly about fake withdrawal of RS. 1300 crores by AH Mafia from treasuries. Mr. Lalu Prasad as CM assured on the floor of the house that he will get the matter probed. On demand of a CBI enquiry he retorted that why only CBI he will get the matter enquired by UNO.

8. On 7.6.1993 a meeting of all district magistrates and collectors was held at Ranchi to assess the financial crisis and regulate the excess withdrawals from some treasury. The DC west Singhbhum pointed out deliberate excess withdrawal of fraudulent nature from chaibasa treasury under AHD heads by the then district animal husbandry director B N Sharma. C M Lalu Praasad was present in the meeting. No action was taken against the complain.

9. On 27.7.1993 the CVC, Govt of , forwarded a complain petition of Mr. Ram Sharan Yadav, MP carrying supportive documents to the Chief Secretary of Bihar. Mr. Chandradeo verma, AHD Minister under CM Lalu Prasad seen the petition on 111.12.1993 but no action was taken.

10. In Oct. 1993 employes leader om Prakash Mehta and om Prakash Singh submitted a charge sheet containing serious allegations of corruption in AHD to the departmental secretary but no action was taken.

11. On 8.7.1993 Mr. C P Shahi Munda put a question in Council about huge fake withdrawal by AHD officers and asked for CBI investigation into it. The Govt replied on 18.7.1993 that relevant file is with the AG hence it is not possible to give reply to this question. The reply was prepared by director treasury and approved by a member of Lalu Prasad cabinet sub Committe Mr. Jagadanand Singh.

12. On 29.6.1994 a 3 member enquiry team headed by Sheobalak Chaudhary found the Deoghar district AHD director Mr. Sheesh Muni Ram guilty of excess fraudulent withdrawal. The then DC, Deoghar Mr. Sukhdeo Singh also reported the scam to the Govt. but no action was taken.

12. On 15.7.1994 Times of India Patna edition published a news item about serous financial bungling of about 50 crores. News item was based on an enquiry committee report of sheobalak Chaudhary, a senior officer in AHD directorate. A number of letters in this regard were exchanged between Mr. Tulsi Singh, chairman of the cabinet sub committee and Mr. S N Sinha, the then Finance Commissioner of Bihar but matter was shelved.

13. On 18.7.1994 chairman of cabinet sub committee Mr. Tulasi Singh called for the file related to enquiry committee report of the 3 man committee headed by Mr. Shoe Balak Chaudhary. The file surfaced only when CBI started AHD scam investigation in 1996.

14. In March 1995 Mr. Nilambar Chaudhary, MLC, asked a question in the council that at one hand state Govt is facing financial crisis and on the other hand AHD was fraudulently withdrawing far more amount than the budgetary sanction. He stressed for stringent action guilty persons. The departmental secretary Beck Julius in his answer informed that information was true but Mr. Bhola Ram Tufani, AHD Minister in Lalu Prasad cabinet said that it is not true.

15. On 30.5.1995 BJP MP Mr. Lalit Oraon asked a starred question about misuse of central funds meant for weaker section by the AHD mafia in Bihar. The question was forwarded to Bihar Govt. for comment. Bihar Govt. replied that there is no mafia in AHD and question of corruption and misuse of fund does not arise.

16, On 4.8.1995 question no. 634 was asked in Rajya Sabha by Mr. K M Magrora and Mr. G H Singh, both MPs. The Bihar Govt. reply that there is no irregularity in AHD was circulated to members.

17. On 27.9.1995 the vigilance department recived an order from the CGM, Patna Court to prob the AHD mafia activities. One Dr. Surjit Singh, chairperson of bhrashtachar Virodhi Samiti lodged a complain no.22/1995 before chief judicial magistrate praying for probe against AHD mafia. The order was never complied. Probe was not done.

18. On 14.10.1995 the deputy secretary, AHD, prepared an enquiry repot against the AHD mafia activities. The report was okayed by the departmental secretary Mr. Mahesh Prasad and forwarded to minister for suitable action. But Minister in Lalu cabinet suppressed the file and no action was taken.

19. On 21.12.1995 Mr. Udaykumar Narayan Rai, MLA, asked a assembly question about Rs. 232 crores excess withdrawal by AHD officialls from different treasuries in Bihar. The Lalu Prasad govt. prefered not to reply the question and kept mum in the assembly.

20. On 2.8.1996, after the scam was blown of, Mr. Umesh Singh, the then section officer in vigilance bureau wrote several letters to Mr. lalun prasad from jail in which he narrated how he (Lalu Prasad) was involved in fodder scam, what type of close relationship he had developed with AHD mafia group and never took action when he was informed about excess fraudulent withdrawal in AHD by people like Umesh Singh and others.

Besides the above mentioned facts there a lot of other evidences to show that Lalu Prasad was patronising AHD mafia group interests even when he was a MLA and leader opposition. He wrote a number of letters to the then chief ministers mr and Dr. on 1.8.1988, 23.6.1998, 23.9.1998, 1.1.1988 etc. and asked them to appoint Dr. Ram raj ram as animal husbandry director though Dr. RS Sharma was the senior most deserving the post. Dr. Ram raj ram was nominee of AHD mafia group where as Dr. Sharma was honest and competent. Ultimately dr. Ram was made director when Lalu Prasad became CM in 1990.

Lalu's closeness to AHD mafia group was personal and to the extent that when one of his daughters took admission in bishop westcott school at Ranchi Dr. R K Rana took responsibility of her local guardian.

A telephone number 0651-502551 was installed at the residence of Dr. Shyam Bihari Sinha, the ring leader of AHD mafia. Frequent phone calls used to be make from this number to a telephone no. 0612-224129 which was the number at Chief Minister official residence at Patna. The above phone no. 0651-502551 was installed at residence of S B Sinha at a written application made by one Ravi Mehta, nephew of an AHD accused Dipesh Chandak.

Now when the special judge of the CBI court at Ranchi fixed date for pronouncement of judgement in case no. RC 20 A/96 Lalu Prasad is crying foul that the judge may punish him. He knows well that it is impossible for him to escape the harsh punishment in this case and no judge will dare give him relief because other politicians like ex ministers, ex MPs, ex MLAs, ex secretaries and other concerned against whom charges were far less grave and they all were playing their role at the instance of Lalu Prasad as kingpin and chief conspirators have been punished with imprisonment not less than 5 years along with fine up to Rs 10 lakhs .

Hence he is leaving no stone unturned and using all fair and unfair means to delay the trial for as much time as he can. He is very skilfully guided by famous legal luminaries of the country in his venture to take judicial process a ride to serve his unholy design.

Sd/- Saryu Roy