19 years on, ex-Income Tax officer gets six-month RI in bribery case

THANE: (Mar 31) A special CBI court in Thane has sentenced a former Income Tax officer to six months' rigorous imprisonment (RI) in a 19-year-old case of taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a person to finalise a tax security assessment.

Special Judge (CBI) D S Deshmukh also imposed a fine of Rs 4,000 on the accused, Deenanath Krishna Puthran (77), in the order on March 27, following a trial that lasted more than 18 years.