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New Delhi: A CBI particular courtroom in Hyderabad has handed down five-year rigorous imprisonment to Satendra Mohan Sharma, former Chairman of Railway Recruitment Board Mumbai and 9 others in reference to the leak of examination papers for the recruitment of 1,936 assistant station masters and assistant loco pilots in 2010, officers confirmed on Tuesday. Former Assan-Mangalore Rail Growth Company CEO AK Jagannadham was additionally amongst these sentenced by the Principal Particular Choose for CBI Instances in Hyderabad, as reported by PTI.
The courtroom imposed fines of Rs 1.75 lakh on Sharma and Rs 1.31 lakh on Jagannadham, bringing the full fines on all 10 accused to Rs 7.87 lakh. The CBI initiated the case on June 15, 2010, after discovering the leak of examination papers for the recruitment of 1,936 assistant loco pilots and assistant station masters scheduled for June 6 of that yr.
It was alleged that Sharma and Jagannadham conspired with different accused in 2010 to leak the query papers by brokers for funds ranging between Rs 3.50 lakh and Rs 4.00 lakh.
“In pursuance of the stated conspiracy convicted accused Jagannadham Shareen Kumar; P Ashok Kumar; Jagannadham Ramesh; Jagannadham Tirupathaiah; Mandarama Seshu Narayana Murthy; Vivek Bharadwaj; Srujan Jagannadham; and Shrirama Vijay Shankar, who have been appointed as brokers, lured a number of aspirants throughout the nation and picked up numerous quantities ranging between Rs 5,000 to Rs 1,50,000 (Rs 1.50 lakh) and authentic qualification certificates from about 193 aspirants,” a CBI spokesperson stated in a press release.
“The CBI had performed searches on the official and residential premises of the accused that additionally led to the restoration of money of Rs 36.90 lakh (approx). Through the investigation, 15 accused have been arrested who have been later enlarged on bail,” the spokesperson stated.
The company filed the cost sheet inside three months on September 13, 2010.
“The courtroom after trial discovered the convicted accused responsible and sentenced them. 4 accused have been acquitted, whereas the trial towards one accused was abetted on account of his demise,” the spokesperson stated.
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