Express News Service, Fri, Sep 02, 2011, New Delhi:
A Delhi government official has been sentenced to three and half years in jail by a court for taking bribe from a 1984 anti-Sikh riots victim for releasing compensation to the family.
Special CBI Judge Dharmesh Sharma on Thursday sentenced 53-year-old Naib Tehsildar I K Takkar, a revenue clerk posted in the office of Najafgarh Sub Divisional Magistrate in West Delhi, for taking bribes five years ago.
“To my mind, the convict, in spite of being a public servant, was totally oblivious of the pain and suffering of the riot victims and by demanding and accepting the bribe from the complainant showed utter lack of sensitivity and depraved human approach,” the judge said, while also imposing a fine of Rs 25,000 upon the convict.
Takkar, who was dealing with disbursement of compensation to 1984 anti-Sikh riot victims, was found guilty of demanding a bribe of Rs 10,000 from Gurmeet Singh Kapoor in August 2006 for releasing over Rs two lakh to him as compensation for the death of his grandfather Inder Singh Kapoor and uncle Paramjeet Singh Kapoor in the pogroms, which took place in the aftermath of the assassination of former PM Indira Gandhi. Takkar was arrested by CBI for allegedly accepting the bribe money in a trap laid by CBI following Kapoor’s complaint.
During the trial, Takkar had contended that the money had been thrust into his hands but the court rejected it saying, “when money was so thrust upon him, assuming his version to be true for the sake of convenience, he did not protest nor made any hue and cry or threw it away”.
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