Former CRPF DIG gets 3 years in jail in 2009 bribery case

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 in New Delhi. The agency registered the instant case on February 23, 2009, based on source information against Vinod Kumar 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, it said.
The accused Vinod Kumar 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.The agency had filed a charge sheet within a year in 2010, followed by another one in 2012.

(Freelance Journalist)