By Express News Service
NEW DELHI: Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala was on Friday sentenced to 4 years rigorous imprisonment and a effective of Rs 50 lakh by a particular decide for CBI circumstances for possessing disproportionate property.
The 87-year-old Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) supremo, who up to now had served 5 phrases as Haryana chief minister, was final week discovered responsible of possessing disproportionate property in a case lodged towards him by the CBI over 16 years in the past.
According to a CBI assertion, a case was registered towards Chautala and others on the idea of allegations that as Haryana chief minister between July 1999 and March 2005, he colluded with a few of his members of the family to build up each movable and immovable property in his names and that of his members of the family. The CBI registered a case on April 3, 2006.
A chargesheet filed on March 26, 2010, after completion of investigations confirmed that the extent of disproportionate property was greater than Rs 6 crore, which was 189 % of his earnings. The trial court docket discovered Chautala responsible of possessing disproportionate property to the tune of Rs 2.81 crore (103 % of his earnings) and convicted him on May 21 this yr.
The case towards Chautala stemmed from a Supreme Court order of Nov. 25, 2003, transferring the investigation of the JBT trainer recruitment rip-off to the CBI. The allegation towards Chautala was that his authorities on the time took bribes to recruit junior fundamental educated (JBT) academics through the use of solid paperwork between 1999 and 2000.
During its probe, the CBI discovered a “memorandum of chargesheet” towards Chautala that contained particulars of his property. It mirrored an inventory of 43 movable and immovable properties, supposedly valued at `1,467 crore. The memorandum, which was the muse of the case towards Chautala, was signed by the then Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Subsequently, the Enforcement Directorate too invesigated the cash path.
