Lalu Prasad discharged from AIIMS Delhi

Rashtriya Janata Dal chief was admitted to AIIMS on Tuesday

Official sources said, On Tuesday, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad was brought to AIIMS here, was kept under observation overnight in the emergency department before being discharged at around 3 am.

The former Bihar chief minister, aged 73, was brought to AIIMS here at around 9 pm on Tuesday after being referred by a medical board of the Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Ranchi, as his health condition deteriorated there.

Source informed that “Prasad was kept under observation in the Emergency department overnight. He was evaluated and was discharged at around 3 am.”

Prasad was sentenced by a special CBI court to five years imprisonment and slapped with a fine of Rs 60 lakh on February 21 after being convicted in the embezzlement of Rs 139 crore from Doranda treasury in the fodder scam.

The court had convicted Lalu Prasad Yadav on February 15 and pronounced the quantum of the sentence after hearing the arguments virtually.

Lalu Yadav suffers from multiple ailments, including renal problems in the body.

"Lalu Prasad Yadav's creatinine level has increased to 4.6, which was earlier at 3.5. Blood sugar and blood pressure have been fluctuating too. The sugar level is hovering between 150 and 200 mg/dl," Dr. Vidyapati, who heads the seven-member team of doctors formed by RIMS to treat Prasad, had said on Tuesday.

"His kidney is functioning at 15-20 per cent capacity," the doctor had said.