A former Deputy Inspector General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) has been sentenced to three years in jail for a 2009 bribery case involving constable recruitment, highlighting ongoing efforts to combat corruption in law enforcement.
A CBI special court in Lucknow on Saturday sentenced a former Deputy Inspector General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and two others to three years rigorous imprisonment in a 2009 bribery case related to constable recruitment, officials said.
The court convicted and sentenced Vinod Kumar Sharma, the then Deputy Inspector General (DIG), CRPF, along with two CRPF personnel, Satyavir Singh and Tirath Pal Chaturvedi, CBI Spokesperson said in a statement here.
They were sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for three years with a total fine Rs 1.2 lakh in a corruption case related to the recruitment of constables in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), it said.
The agency had registered the case on February 23, 2009, based on source information against Sharma and others.
"Investigation revealed that he had entered into a criminal conspiracy with private persons to obtain illegal gratification from candidates seeking recruitment as Constables (General Duty) in the CRPF," the statement said.
Sharma had provided advance information regarding the recruitment schedule and available vacancies to middlemen, who were subsequently inducing prospective candidates to pay substantial bribes in exchange for guaranteed selection, it said.
The agency had filed a charge sheet within a year in 2010, followed by another one in 2012.