Friday, June 10, 2011

Former Haryana legislator Dharamveer Yadav jailed for 4 years

Dharamveer Yadav, a former minister of Haryana got sentenced for 4 years in holding assets disproportionate to identified sources of income. He was given the party ticket from Sahlawas Vidhan Sabha constituency, and was made minister by Bansi Lal.

IT IS believed that politics is good investment with good returns. But it was not the case with Dharambir Yadav. He has made a number of enemies after he joined politics. Additional session’s judge convicted him under prevention of corruption act and sentenced him for imprisonment for a span of four years for holding assets disproportionate to identified sources of income.

Yadav was a lecturer in Government College, Jind, in Haryana. He was leading a happy life. Those days Bansi Lal's Haryana Vikas party was gaining ground in Haryana and elections to Haryana Assembly were due in 1996. Dharamveer Yadav, from Gurgaon had good income from his property and joined Haryana Vikas Party. He was given a party ticket from Sahlawas Vidhan Sabha constituency, and was made minister by Bansi Lal.

He held important portfolios of P.W.D and forest. His ministerial stint was controversial. He was a butt of many jokes among officers of his department. After being appointed as a minister, he addressed the district officers at Rohtak. Yadav asked the forest department officials to grow sangwan trees in Rohtak. When he was told that the climate of Rohtak is not suitable for sangwan tress, the officials were given a dressing down by the minister.

Yadav joined hands with dissidents and toppled the Bansi Lal government. Om Parkash Chautala took over as chief minister of the state, which was bad luck for Yadav. His house in Gurgaon district was demolished by town and country planning department authorities on the ground that it had violated some of the rules and regulations.

Yadav changed many political parties during this period. It is interesting to mention here that apart from Yadav, Chautala has filed corruption cases against so many politicians but they were withdrawn by Bhupinder Singh Hooda.

One evening during this CJ's posting with Jansatta in Rohtak, a gentleman came to office with a packet of dry fruits stating that he had brought them for me from Jammu. After I failed to recognise him, he introduced himself as Dharamveer Yadav reminding me that I had spoken to a higher education department boss about his transfer from Govt College, Jind. On my enquiry about his latest posting he told that he had resigned from his job. Yadav said that he had joined Haryana Vikas party, and Bansi Lal had assured him of a party ticket.

http://www.merinews.com/article/former-haryana-legislator-dharamveer-yadav-jailed/15852511.shtml

Thursday, June 2, 2011

Cop gets two years in jail for extortion

New Delhi: A police officer, who extorted money from a woman after threatening to arrest her in a cheating case, was sentenced to two years in jail by a city court. Special Judge Sangita Dhingra Sehgal of the Anti-Corruption Court also imposed a fine of Rs 8,000 on Assistant Sub-Inspector Bikram Singh. Singh was caught red-handed by Anti-Corruption Branch on October 21, 2005, when he was accepting Rs 4,000 of a bribe amount of Rs 15,000 from Uttam Nagar resident Darshna Devi. 

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/around-town/797861/