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Chautala, son get 10 years in jail
Tuesday January 22, 2013 01:40:05 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: A Delhi
court Tuesday awarded 10 years in jail to former Haryana chief
minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash
Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala in a recruitment scam involving
junior basic training (JBT) teachers.
Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar sentenced the Chautalas and three
others to 10 years in jail.
Apart from the Chautalas, Sanjiv Kumar, the then director of
primary education, Chautala's former officer on special duty Vidya
Dhar and his political adviser Sher Singh Badshami were also
awarded the jail terms.
Shortly after the sentence was pronounced, Chautala's supporters
threw stones at the court complex.
Om Prakash Chautala and Ajay Chautala, both legislators from
Haryana, were taken into custody Jan 16 after being convicted for
the illegal recruitment of over 3,000 JBT teachers in the state.
The court had also convicted 53 others for the scam.
Chautala his son and others were held guilty of offences under the
Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA).
The court framed charges against them under sections 120-B
(criminal conspiracy), 420 (cheating), 467 (forgery), 468 (forgery
for cheating) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document) of the
IPC and and provisions of the PCA.
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