The Bad PlaceTimes of India | Former junior engineer gets 2-yr jail term for corruption
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A former junior engineer, Anup Kumar Das (69), from the Balisankara block of Sundargarh district, was found guilty by a special vigilance judge of misappropriating ₹1,560 of government funds meant for the excavation of Rapatjore pond under the Employment Assurance Scheme in 2001‑02. He forged labourers’ signatures and thumbprints on muster rolls to claim payments that were never made, and was consequently sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment, fined ₹5,000 and ordered to serve an additional two months if the fine is not paid. The conviction was under sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(c)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and sections 409 and 477‑A of the IPC, with his time already spent in custody set off against the sentence. Odisha’s vigilance department said it will seek to stop his pension following the judgment.
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