Round four of Jharkhand polls - a factfile
The fourth phase of the Jharkhand assembly elections will be held Saturday. Some facts:
Number of constituencies - 14
Total electors: 24,62,850 (male 12,65,767, female 11,97,083)
Total candidates: 233
Women candidates: 20
Constituency with maximum candidates: Ichagarh - 27
Constituency with least candidates: Baharagora - 11
Constituency with more than one woman candidate: Bishunpur (Scheduled Tribe) - four
Party-wise list of candidates: Congress 12, Bahujan Samaj Party 14, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 14, Communist party of India 1, Communist Party of India-Marxist 1, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 14, Rashtriya Janata Dal 11, Nationalist Congress Party 2, others 164
Number of EVMs to be used: Control unit - 3,622, Ballot unit - 4,989
Largest constituency (area-wise): Simdega (Scheduled Tribe)
Smallest constituency (electorate-wise): Torpa (Scheduled Tribes), 143,877 electors
Polling stations: 3,457
48 convicted in fodder scam case
Ranchi. A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court Thursday convicted 48 people in a multi-million fodder scam case related to the fraudulent withdrawal of crores of Rupees from the Ranchi treasury on the basis of fake bills.
Special CBI court of S.K Dubey pronounced the judgment in the RC 44 A/96 case which is related to fraudulent withdrawal of Rs.8.60 crore from the Ranchi treasury. There were total 58 accused in the case. Four died during the trial and two turned CBI approvers.
The special CBI court Thursday convicted 48 accused and acquitted four. The court also awarded two-three years sentence on eight accused and slapped fine between Rs.20,000 and Rs.40,000. The quantum of sentence against the remaining 40 convicted will be pronounced Dec 15.
The multi-million fodder scam surfaced in 1996 during undivided Bihar. A total of 61 cases were transferred to Jharkhand after it was carved out of Bihar in November 2000. The special CBI courts have passed judgment in 32 cases.
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