Ashok Chavan calls Lalu prasad yadav and enquired about his health

Maharashtra Congress chief Ashok Chavan today visited former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav at a city-based hospital, where he was admitted last week.

Chavan visited the Asian Heart Institute at Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) this morning to inquire about the health of Yadav, who is currently on bail. Significantly, the Jharkhand High Court today refused to extend the provisional bail to Yadav, who is convicted in four fodder scam cases and asked him to surrender before the CBI court by August 30.

Hearing the prayer for extension of provisional bail for three months on grounds that the RJD leader needed to undergo treatment, Justice Apresh Kumar Singh asked Yadav to surrender by August 30 before the CBI court and directed the Jharkhand government to provide medical care whenever needed.

CBI counsel Rajiv Sinha said the RJD chief has availed about 12 weeks for his treatment and Medicare is available in the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences in Ranchi.

The court had on August 10 extended the provisional bail till August 20 on medical grounds and again on August 17 extended it till August 27. It had on May 11 granted six weeks provisional bail to Yadav on medical grounds and again extended it till August 14.

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