A special court in Ranchi sentenced the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) founder leader to five years jail in the fodder scam.

Rabri Devi said Lalu Prasad is a hero and will remain a hero in coming future. "People not only in Bihar, but across the country and abroad love him because he is a champion of the marginalised, poorest of the poor and of communal harmony," she told the media here after the sentencing.