Yavatmal: The special court judge here on Thursday sentenced a talathi at Babhulgaon tehsil office to three years of rigorous imprisonment (RI) and imposed a fine of Rs500 under section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, and a similar RI and fine under sections 13 (1)(D) and 13 (2) of the Act after finding him guilty in a corruption case.
One Dnyaneshwar Hazare (63), a resident of Shirey Layout, had on March 10, 2013, filed a complaint with the Yavatmal anti-corruption bureau that talathi Sanjay Nimbharkar (43) had demanded a bribe of Rs1,000 from him for mutation of his land.
According to DySP Rajesh Mule, the complainant was sent to the talathi with marked currency notes on March 17, 2013. The talathi was caught red-handed while accepting the bribe money, said Mule. Nimbharkar was arrested and an FIR was filed with the Babhulgaon police station.
The investigation was carried out by Satish Deshmukh. A charge sheet was filed before the special court. After considering statements of five witnesses and due perusal of evidence, the court concluded that the accused was guilty.