DUMKA, July 27: A court in Jharkhand’s Dumka district sentenced a Block Development Officer (BDO) to four years imprisonment in a 14-year-old briber case.
The court of Additional District Judge-II-cum-Special Judge (Vigilance) Sripraksh Jha on Friday sentenced Shivaji Bhagat to four years rigorous imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs 60,000 on him, said special public prosecutor Champa Kumari.
Bhagat was Block Development Officer-cum-Circle Officer of Nala block in Jamtara district when the Anti-Corruption Bureau officials had caught him red-handed accepting a bribe on April 1, 2010, she said.
Bhagat is currently posted as BDO, Raneshwar block of Dumka district. (PTI)