A former Senior Divisional Personnel Officer of South Western Railway in Bangalore was sentenced to four years in prison and fined Rs. five lakhs by the Special CBI court in Bangalore.
M Narayanaswamy, a partner of Aditya Builders Pvt. Ltd. in Bangalore, will also serve a year in prison and pay a fine of Rs. 1 lakh. The accused, who was identified as T. Shivanna’s wife, R.N. Manjula Kumar, has also been sentenced to one year and fined Rs. 1 lakh.
The case against the accused was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on allegations that T Shivanna, during his tenure as a public servant at the South Western Railway in Bengaluru from January 1, 2005, to June 29, 2014, had misused his official position to accumulate both movable and immovable assets in his name and in the name of his wife, which were disproportionate to his known source of income.
“The amassed wealth amounted to a staggering one crore fifty-eight lakh eighty thousand, which was approximately 179 per cent above his known income,” said a CBI officer.
He said that after a thorough investigation, a charge sheet was filed against the accused, leading to their prosecution.
The officer stated, “The accused has now been found guilty by the Trial Court, leading to the pronounced sentences.”
