Prosecution witnesses on North East poll duty miss fodder hearing

Ranchi | Wednesday | 21st February, 2018

Summary:

There were speculations that leader of opposition Hemant Soren could visit the RJD leader. After the court's directive to speed up the deposition of witnesses, the production of prosecution witnesses picked up pace in the recent past. A host of RJD leaders, however, were in the court to catch a glimpse of their leader. CBI had earlier told the court that it was finding it difficult to produce the witnesses due to various reasons, including change of address and ailments of the witnesses. He was produced in the court on Tuesday in the fodder scam cases related to fraudulent withdrawals from Dumka and the Doranda treasuries.The court had summoned two prosecution witnesses - the regional transport officer of Kohima and district transport officer of Zunheboto - to depose in connection with the vehicles used in the fodder scam..