Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Supremo Lalu Prasad has appealed before a special CBI Court for release of his passport in order to renew it as he may need to travel abroad for a possible kidney transplant, his counsel said on Monday.
The 73-year-old Prasad on April 22 was granted bail by Jharkhand High Court in the Doranda Treasury Case involving embezzlement of over Rs 139 crore in which a CBI special court had sentenced him to five years in prison.
The next date of hearing has been fixed as June 10, he said.
Prasad suffers from multiple ailments, including renal problems. He is a patient of stage-4 kidney ailment. According to experts his kidney is functioning at 20 per cent capacity
