CBI court sends ex-Director of Telecom in UP to 3-year jail

Lucknow/New Delhi: Almost 33 years after the case of corruption, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here has sentenced D.P. Srivastava, then Director of North Area, Telecom posted in Bareilly to undergo three years imprisonment in a corruption case.

A CBI spokesperson in Delhi said that a Special CBI Judge sentenced Srivatsava to three years imprisonment with a fine of Rs 70,000 and Delhi-based Pradeep Godhwani, partner of Grand Timber Industries to undergo the imprisonment with a fine of Rs 50,000.

The CBI had registered a case against Srivastava and others including Grand Timber Industries.