CBI arrests Asstt DGFT in graft case, Ex-DGM of BoI, 5 others sentenced to 10 years RI

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Ms. Hemlata Hedau,Asstt. DGFT in the Office of Joint Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Panipat, Haryana, in a Bribery case. After registering a case, the agency caught the accused Ms Hedau while accepting a bribe of Rs. 30,000 from the complainant on Wednesday. It was alleged that the Assistant DGFT, demanded a bribe of Rs.30,000 from the complainant for clearing the deficiency and processing Export Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) Authorization file.
In anoter case, the CBI Court, Chennai, on Wednesday has convicted and sentenced the six accused, including four, N. Venkatachalam, then DGM, Bank of India, M. Sivakumar,Record Clerk,Sholinganallur Taluk office, T.Dasarathan,VAO,Pzhavanthangal  M. Manichavelu, VAO, Govt. of Tamil Nadu and two private persons, namely, Smt. O.P. Thamarai Poo, and P. Thandapani to Rigorous Imprisonment for Ten Years with a total fine of Rs 2.70 Crore, in a Bank fraud case.
The agency has registered the case on May 19,2010 based on a complaint from Bank of India, alleging that the prime accused  E Muthuswamy and others in conspiracy with the officials of Bank of India misappropriated the funds of the bank fraudulently availed various credit facilities by submitting false and fabricated documents and thereby cheated the Bank to the tune of Rs.238.97 Lakh. After investigation, the CBI filed Chargesheet on December 28,2011 against 12 accused persons including 05 Public Servants and 07 Private Persons. The case against one Public Servant V Umapathy, Suspended Sr Draftsman, Land and Survey Deptt, has been split up in CC 18/2016. Four Private accused persons namely, E Muthusamy, A.Vincent, K Srikanth and Smt M Jothi expired during the trial and charges against them were abated. One accused Smt Lavanya has been acquitted.

(Freelance Journalist)