A special CBI court has awarded retired Punjab deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Raka Ghirra six years of rigorous imprisonment two days after convicting her in a 2011 corruption case.
Raka Ghirra had on Monday been convicted under sections 7 of and sections 13 (1) (d) punishable under 13 (2) of the Prevent of Corruption Act.
The court has also fined the retired officer ₹2 lakh.
At the time of the corruption case, the trial for which spanned 12 years, Raka Ghirra was a DSP in Mohali.
In 2011, Ghirra was arrested by CBI from her residence at Sector 15, Chandigarh, for accepting a bribe of ₹1 lakh from a realtor to settle his case.
The trap was laid after complainant Krishna Kumar Malhotra alleged that the DSP had demanded a bribe of ₹2 lakh to settle the investigation into a complaint against him in a land dispute. He was accused of certain irregularities related to the land, located in Mullanpur village.
During the raids, CBI had also seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition, including a .32-bore German revolver and a double-barrel gun, along with multiple cartridges. But she was acquitted in the arms seizure case in 2019.
{{/usCountry}}During the raids, CBI had also seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition, including a .32-bore German revolver and a double-barrel gun, along with multiple cartridges. But she was acquitted in the arms seizure case in 2019.
{{/usCountry}}In 2001, Ghirra was recruited as an inspector in the Punjab Police on compassionate grounds after the death of her husband and promoted as DSP in 2007.