Dehradun, March 21: A CBI court in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, has sentenced several officials in connection with a ₹55 lakh PWD scam. The central agency announced this decision on Saturday.
The court found Deepak Kumar Verma, an LDC from the Haridwar PWD department, along with Madan Pal (Mason), Mani Ram (Laborer), Surendra Kumar Kaushik (Driver), Kasim (Retired Laborer), Sukhpalsingh (UDC from Roorkee), Chatar Singh (Roller Driver), and Palu Das (Assistant Treasury Officer from Haridwar) guilty in the scam. Each received a two-year rigorous imprisonment sentence and a total fine of ₹2.85 lakh.
The Uttarakhand High Court issued an order regarding the scam on May 7, 2003, which led the CBI to file a case on August 9, 2003.
The allegations stated that between 2001 and 2002, certain PWD officials from Haridwar colluded with private individuals to issue fake and unauthorized checks, resulting in the illegal withdrawal of government funds amounting to ₹55,10,511.
After completing the investigation, the CBI filed a chargesheet on June 15, 2005, against 12 government employees and eight private individuals. During the trial, four accused—Ravindra Srivastava, Sukchand Tyagi, Dharmendra Kumar Bhatnagar, and Ilmchan—passed away, leading to the termination of their trials. Additionally, seven other defendants, including Rekha Negi, Poonam Verma, Pratibha, Sanjay Kumar, Chandravati, Rajpal, and Reena Srivastava, confessed to their crimes and were convicted earlier.
Ultimately, the court found the remaining defendants guilty after the trial, while one private individual, Pradeep Kumar Verma, was acquitted of all charges.
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