2004 graft case: Rohtak Then BSNL general manager gets 4-yr RI for accepting bribe of ₹25,000

The special CBI court, Panchkula, awarded a four-year jail term to the then Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL, Rohtak) general manager Chandra Shekhar for accepting a bribe of ₹25,000 to approve a tender in 2004.

The court of Jagdeep Singh, special CBI judge, also imposed a fine of ₹1 lakh on the convict, who is currently posted as deputy director general in the Union department of telecommunications in New Delhi.

He has been convicted under Sections 7, 13(1) (D) with 13 (2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.

Alleging that Chandra Shekhar had sought a bribe from his firm, Hare Krishna Hare Rama, Gurgaon, for approving tenders for the laying of underground cables in Tosham and Kalanaur area of Haryana, complainant, Shiv Raj Khatana, had approached the CBI.