MCD official sent to prison for taking bribe

Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Friday, March 15, 2007

A LOCAL court on Thursday sentenced a suspended employee of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) to two-and-a-half years in prison for accepting bribe from a colleague to clear his salary arrears seven years ago.

Special Judge Sunil Gaur, holding Chiranji Lal, 42 a former billing clerk, guilty of receiving Rs 1,000 from Om Pal, then working with MCD’s Horticulture Department, slapped a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.

“From the evidence on record and the circumstances of the case, it becomes crystal clear that the acceptance of bribe money by the accused was conscious and voluntary,” the Judge said in his order.

PTI