Lalu Yadav, during the period in question, was not just the chief minister of the state. He was also the home minister as well as the finance minister. He presented the budget and both the vigilance bureau and the police reported to him. That he knew that the people in AHD (Animal Husbandry Department) were making money, was a no-brainer. He made it even more obvious by flaunting his proximity to Shyam Bihari Sinha, the Regional Director, AHD at Ranchi, who was the king-pin of the scam. Sinha was the local guardian at Ranchi of the chief minister’s children, who were studying at the Bishop Westcott School. He made veterinarian, R.K. Rana, a childhood crony of his, a member of the Legislative Council. Both Sinha and Rana had unlimited access to the chief minister and were clearly rolling in money.