CBI court sentences ex-railway official to 5 years RI in bribery case

JAIPUR: A special CBI court here has sentenced former Western Central Railway employee Jalandhar Yogi, posted in Rajasthan’s Sawai Madhopur district, to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case, officials said on Tuesday.

The court also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the accused, holding him guilty of demanding and accepting illegal gratification from a complainant in exchange for clearing a pending bill.

According to the Central Bureau of Investigation, the case was registered on June 16, 2020, following allegations that Yogi had demanded a bribe of Rs 11,500 to process and clear the final bill for work completed by the complainant.

After verifying the complaint, the agency laid a trap and caught the accused red-handed while accepting Rs 10,000 as a bribe. The tainted money was recovered from his possession at the time of arrest, officials said.