Tamil Nadu: Retired government staff & wife get jail for amassing wealth
According to the prosecution, R Arivudainambi (64) worked as the deputy drug controller in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, for over a decade.
Published: 19th March 2019 06:39 AM
By Harish Murali
Express News Service
CHENNAI : A retired drug controller and his wife, also a retired government official, were sentenced to two years in jail on charges of amassing wealth as much as 90 per cent above their known sources of income. A CBI special court delivered the verdict on Monday, bringing the trial to an end 12 years after the CBI arrested the couple on charges of corruption.
According to the prosecution, R Arivudainambi (64) worked as the deputy drug controller in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, for over a decade. During this period, he was required to deal with different types of proposals of different pharmaceutical companies of the country, relating to new drugs in the market, including manufacturing of new drugs, import of raw material, etc.
He was also required to accord approval to such proposals submitted by the pharmaceutical companies and was allegedly taking bribe from these companies.
Along with R Arivudainambi, his wife Sathayvani (62), who was working in the State government at the secretariat, was also arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act, by the CBI in 2007. She is alleged to have helped her husband in amassing the ill-gotten wealth.The CBI filed a case under section 13 (2) Prevention of Corruption Act, on charges of ‘criminal misconduct’. The CBI, after investigations, accused the couple of amassing wealth 90 percent above their known sources of income and the case was tried in the CBI special court.
The trial court judge, S Muruganantham, in the verdict on Monday said that the prosecution has proved the charges against the couple beyond doubt. The couple were sentenced to two year of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of `1 lakh each. After the court pronounced the verdict on Sunday, the couple were released
on bail to enable them to appeal against it.
According to the prosecution, R Arivudainambi (64) worked as the deputy drug controller in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, for over a decade.
Published: 19th March 2019 06:39 AM
By Harish Murali
Express News Service
CHENNAI : A retired drug controller and his wife, also a retired government official, were sentenced to two years in jail on charges of amassing wealth as much as 90 per cent above their known sources of income. A CBI special court delivered the verdict on Monday, bringing the trial to an end 12 years after the CBI arrested the couple on charges of corruption.
According to the prosecution, R Arivudainambi (64) worked as the deputy drug controller in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India, for over a decade. During this period, he was required to deal with different types of proposals of different pharmaceutical companies of the country, relating to new drugs in the market, including manufacturing of new drugs, import of raw material, etc.
He was also required to accord approval to such proposals submitted by the pharmaceutical companies and was allegedly taking bribe from these companies.
Along with R Arivudainambi, his wife Sathayvani (62), who was working in the State government at the secretariat, was also arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act, by the CBI in 2007. She is alleged to have helped her husband in amassing the ill-gotten wealth.The CBI filed a case under section 13 (2) Prevention of Corruption Act, on charges of ‘criminal misconduct’. The CBI, after investigations, accused the couple of amassing wealth 90 percent above their known sources of income and the case was tried in the CBI special court.
The trial court judge, S Muruganantham, in the verdict on Monday said that the prosecution has proved the charges against the couple beyond doubt. The couple were sentenced to two year of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of `1 lakh each. After the court pronounced the verdict on Sunday, the couple were released
on bail to enable them to appeal against it.
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