Railway engineer, branch manager sentenced for amassing wealth

PUNE: The special judge for CBI cases, Visakhaptnam on July 24 convicted and sentenced Katakam Jogendra Reddy, then senior section engineer, wagon workshop, South Central Railway, Guntu-palli, Vijayawada, Krishna district for possession of dispropor-tionate assets to three years rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs 25,000.

CBI had registered a case on the allegations that during the check period from January 1, 2000 to November 30, 2009, K. Joginder Reddy, while functioning as senior section engineer, wagon Work-shop had acquired movable and immovable properties in his name and in the names of his family members which were disproportionate to his known sources of income to the tune of Rs 1,94,07,567- (106.06%). A chargesheet was filed against the accused.

Meanwhile, in another case, the special judge for CBI cases, Gu-wahati has convicted and sentenced Diganta Chakraborty, then manager, UCO Bank, Tejpur branch, Assam in a disproportionate assets case and sentenced him to undergo three years rigorous im-prisonment with fine of Rs 1 lakh.

A case was registered on June 10, 2009 against Diganta Chakraborty, then branch manager, UCO Bank, Tezpur branch, Assam and his wife under section 109 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 13 (2) read with 13 (1) (e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for possession of disproportionate assets.

On completion of investigation, chargesheet was filed on June 30, 2010 before the special judge, Guwahati against Chakraborty (since dismissed from service) for possession of assets worth Rs 27,23,848 which were disproportionate to his known sources of in-come.

The trial court found the accused persons guilty and convicted them.