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.