Ex-Congress councillor, husband acquitted in corruption case

NEW DELHI: A former Congress MCD councillor and her husband have been acquitted by a special court of the alleged charge of demanding a bribe of over Rs 50,000

NEW DELHI: A former Congress MCD councillor and her husband have been acquitted by a special court of the alleged charge of demanding a bribe of over Rs 50,000 from a person to allow him construct a house here.

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Special CBI Judge Sanjay Garg-I absolved Veena Saini, ex-councillor from East Nangloi constituency, and her husband Naresh Saini, saying the prosecution has failed to prove its case against them.

“Prosecution has failed to prove that accused no. 2 (Naresh) had demanded Rs 50,000 from the complainant for not demolishing the structure raised by him on his four plots,” the court said.

The court acquitted Naresh of charges under section 9 (taking g ratification for exercise of personal influence with public servant) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Veena under section 10 (punishment for abetment by public servant of offences defined in section 8 or 9) of the PC Act.