Lalu Prasad Yadav to fly to Singapore for treatment as CBI court orders release of passport
India Today
A special CBI court on Friday ordered the release of Lalu Prasad Yadav's passport. The RJD supreme will now be able to fly out to Singapore for treatment.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supreme Lalu Prasad Yadav, convicted in multiple cases related to fodder scam, will be able to fly to Singapore for medical treatment after a special CBI court ordered the release of his passport on Friday, September 16.
Lalu Prasad Yadav had filed a petition in the CBI court on September 13 seeking release of the passport, citing medical reasons.
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During the hearing of the plea, the CBI raised a verbal objection which was rejected by the court. The CBI court in Ranchi then ordered the release of Lalu Prasad Yadav's passport.
The RJD supremo has been suffering from kidney ailments and has an appointment with a nephrologist and a specialist on September 24 in Singapore, according to his lawyer Anant Kumar Vij.
Earlier on June 14, the special court had ordered the release of Lalu Prasad Yadav’s passport for renewal.
