(15/12/2022) The Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases, Chennai (Tamil Nadu) has sentenced Mr. A.Paramasivam (IA&AS), then Director, AMG-II, in the Office of Director General of Audit, Central Expenditure, New Delhi to undergo 4 years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.10,000/- and Mr. Shivram Thilagar, then Assistant Surgeon, Government Primary Health Centre, Kanchipuram(Tamil Nadu) to undergo 3 years Rigorous Imprisonment with fine of Rs.5000/- in a bribery case.
CBI had registered a case against the accused on the allegations that Mr. A. Paramasivam, then Director had demanded a bribe of Rs.5 Lakh from the Complainant representing MIOT College of Nursing to settle the deficiencies noticed during the audit and inspection conducted on the records of said Nursing college. It was also alleged that Mr.Paramasivam asked the Complainant to hand over the bribe amount to Mr.Sivaram Thilagar, the brother-in-Law of Mr.Paramasivam. The CBI laid a trap and caught the accused red handed while demanding and accepting the bribe. After investigation, a chargesheet was filed. The Trial Court found the said accused guilty and convicted them.
