Ranchi/Patna: Jailed RJD chief Lalu Prasad was on Thursday granted a three- day parole to attend his son's wedding in Patna this Saturday, a senior jail officer said.
Prasad, 69, who has been convicted in three fodder scam cases by a special CBI court in Ranchi since December last year, is currently undergoing treatment at the RIMS hospital in the Jharkhand capital.
He has been granted parole for three days, Inspector General of Prison Harsh Mangla said.
However, the IG Prison was not categorical about the effective date of parole and said it depended upon when the jail authorities would release him. Mangla added that as per the rules, the travel time is not counted in the duration of the parole.
Bhola Yadav, RJD General Secretary and a close aide of Prasad, said in Ranchi, that they were planning to go to Patna by the evening flight. See P6