Amit Bathla
Tribune News Service
Panchkula, March 17
The special CBI court today convicted Chander Shekhar, the then General Manager of the Rohtak Telecom Circle of Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) in a 17-year-old graft case.
CBI sleuths had caught Shekhar red-handed while taking a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a contractor in June 2004.
The convict has been sent to Ambala jail. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on March 22.
Shekhar was currently serving as the Deputy Director General in the Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, Government of India.
In 2005, the charges were framed by the special CBI court in Ambala (as earlier the court was located there).
According to the CBI, Shekhar was caught red-handed while accepting a sum of Rs25,000 from the complainant with a motive to approve tender.
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