A fresh case has been filed by the CBI against RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and searches were reported at 16 locations – across several cities – on Friday, May 20,  morning. The case is related to alleged corruption linked to recruitments when Lalu Yadav served as the union railways minister, officials said. The 73-year-old leader was recently granted bail in the fifth fodder case against him. This was the last of the corruption cases linked to the fodder scam in which the RJD leader was convicted and had got a bail.  Soon after the bail, he was admitted to Delhi’s All India Institute of Medical Sciences for treatment, which delayed his return to Patna. On Friday, a huge police deployment was seen amid the CBI searches at residence of Rabri Devi, Lalu’s wife. He was the chief minister of Bihar between 1990 and 1997.    Shortly after the searches, RJD leaders launched demonstrations against the action.

“We had pleaded that he has served half of his five-year sentence in this case. Prasad has already served 42 months in jail against the half sentence of 30 months. Though the CBI opposed the petition saying he is still to serve half the sentence in this case, we had submitted trial court’s copy. The court has granted bail,” his lawyer said.