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Fodder Scam Verdict: Lalu Yadav may seek parole to attend only sister's last rites

''She spent the entire day praying for her brother's release'', says Rabri Devi on Gangotri Devi's death.

Patna: Just a day after the fodder scam verdict, in which RJD cheif Lalu Prasad Yadav was sentenced to three and a half years of imprisonment, his only sister Gangotri Devi passes away in Patna. The RJD chief is likely to seek parole to attend the last rites of his sister who breathed her last on Sunday. Tejashwi Yadav, Prasad's son, said the family had tried to communicate the news of Gangotri Devi's death to Prasad through the prison authorities in Ranchi. He, however, expressed apprehension that his father might not be able to get parole in time, due to the legal procedure involved and today being a Sunday. "As of now, we are making arrangements to take the body to her village home, where the last rites will be performed," Yadav, who had accompanied his mother Rabri Devi and elder brother Tej Pratap to his deceased aunt's house, said. Rabri Devi, former Bihar chief minister, told reporters at the residence of Gangotri Devi that the latter was about four years elder to the RJD chief and that she had not been keeping well for some time. "Yesterday, she spent the entire day praying for the release of her brother. When she learnt that he was sentenced to jail for a long period, she was shattered," Rabri Devi said. Prasad was yesterday sentenced to three-and-a-half years in jail and fined Rs 10 lakh by a special CBI court in a fodder scam case, related to the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 89.27 lakh from the Deoghar treasury 21 years ago. (With PTI inputs)
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