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Chautala, son convicted in graft case, in custody
Wednesday January 16, 2013 02:29:13 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay were
taken into police custody Wednesday after a CBI court convicted
them in a recruitment scam involving JBT (junior basic training)
teachers.
The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief and son Ajay, both
Haryana legislators, were taken into custody immediately after the
ruling by the Central Bureau of Investigation court in Rohini. The
court also convicted 53 others for the illegal recruitment of over
3,000 JBT teachers.
The court will pronounce the sentence Jan 22.
The CBI had formally charged the father-son duo and others June 6,
2008, in connection with the scam that took place in 1999-2000
when Chautala was chief minister of Haryana.
Over 3,000 teachers were to be recruited in the state and Chautala
had pressurised a senior official, Sanjeev Kumar, to change the
list of selected candidates by fudging the marks of certain
favourites.
Later, Sanjeev Kumar went to the Supreme Court and submitted
before it the list of the candidates originally selected. The
official also alleged that money had changed hands in the
recruitment scam.
The Supreme Court directed the CBI to investigate the matter,
especially the bribery charges.
The federal investigating agency in its chargesheet said forged
documents were used to appoint the teachers.
Although Chautala alleged that he was politically victimised, the
Rohini court convicted him in the case.
Son of former deputy Prime Minister Devi Lal, Chautala is the
leader of opposition in the Haryana assembly. The INLD was earlier
part of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Chautala and his two sons -- Ajay Singh Chautala and Abhey Singh
Chautala -- are legislators in the Haryana assembly. He was the
chief minister of Haryana between 1999-2005.
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