Tuesday, January 22, 2013

10 years Jail term for OP Chautala and Dr Ajay Singh

10 years Jail term for OP Chautala and Dr Ajay Singh
SIRSA NEWS ( www.SirsaNews.com )
22, January 2013
Pictures and Videos: Amar Singh Jyani, GS Mann
A CBI Court in Delhi has pronounced 10 years jail terms for Ch OP Chautala MLA, Dr Ajay Chautala MLA Dabwali along with 53 others who got terms varying from 3-10 years as per independent pronouncement for each accused. The sentence is an outcome of the Haryana JBT recruitment scam.

1.      Before the sentence was announced, the supporters had clashed with the police, which was grossly outnumbered, and used tear gas and batons to stop the mob from entering the court complex.

2. Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has appealed for calm. "All are equal for The court, and we have faith in the judiciary. We will appeal to the people to maintain peace.There are legal processes, if anyone has objection they can follow legal procedures," he said.

3. The Chautalas were convicted last week, along with 53 others, of hiring thousands of junior teachers for government schools in exchange for bribes.

4. Mr Chautala, who has served five terms as chief minister of Haryana, was moved from jail to a Delhi hospital two days ago after he complained of chest pains. He was not brought from the hospital to court today. The defence lawyer had asked the court to factor in Mr Chautala's age - he is 78 - and his poor health, while deciding on the jail term.

5. His son, Abhay Singh Chautala, has accused the Congress of misusing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to frame his father in the scam.

6. The CBI, which investigated this case, had asked for the maximum possible punishment for them, saying the crime was pre-planned and committed after deep deliberation.

7. The CBI says that Mr Chautala and his son had used forged documents to appoint the teachers.

8. Haryana votes next year for its new government. The Chautalas were planning to target the ruling Congress for being entrenched in graft. But their sentence disqualifies them from contesting the election.

9. The Chautalas will appeal against the verdict and sentence in a higher court. Senior leaders of the INLD meet later today in Delhi to decide their strategy.

NB: the above bulleted text is by the Courtesy of: ndtv.com

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