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Chandigarh estate office work inspector gets three-year jail for graft
Had accepted ₹15,000 from a sector 24 resident to sort out an issue concerning subletting of government accommodation
A work inspector at the UT Estate Office, who was arrested for taking ₹5,000 bribe in 2013, was awarded three years in jail by a special CBI court on Thursday.
The court also imposed a fine of ₹50,000 on Jagjit Kumar, who was held guilty under Section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Jagjit was tasked with the watch and ward duties of vacant houses and misuse or subletting of government houses. Besides, he submitted weekly occupation/vacation reports to the secretary, House Allotment Committee, Chandigarh.
On March 20, 2013, Rajinder Kumar, a resident of Sector 24, filed a complaint with the CBI, alleging that the work inspector demanded ₹30,000 in bribe — ₹15,000 each from him and his neighbour, Vijay Kumar — to sort out the show-cause notice for misuse/subletting of their government accommodation.
On his complaint, CBI laid a trap at Jagjit’s office in Sector 24, where he was arrested after he confessed to having accepted a bribe of ₹15,000. The bribe amount was recovered from him.
