Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 12: Bala Jyoti, Special Judge, Anti Corruption (CBI Cases) Jammu has convicted Tilak Raj, then Head Goods Clerk, of Goods Office, Northern Railway, Railway Station, Jammu in a bribery case.
CBI had registered the instant case on July 8, 2013 on the basis of written complaint against Tarsem Lal, then Chief Goods Supervisor; Tilak Raj and Kameshwar Singh, both then Head Goods Clerk, of Goods Office, Northern Railway, Railway Station, Jammu, who were demanding bribe of Rs 22,000/- from the complainant for reducing the penalty charges, levied due to delay in lifting the consignment from Railway Station.
CBI laid a trap in which the accused Tilak Raj demanded and accepted bribe of Rs 20,000/- from the complainant, which he shared with other two accused persons as well. The trap team caught all the three accused red handed and arrested them.
During trial, accused Tarsem Lal and Kameshwar Singh expired and hence trial against them was abated.
After trial, the court held remaining accused Tilak Raj guilty. Quantum of punishment will be pronounced tomorrow.
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