New Delhi, September 24: A CBI court in Bangalore has sentenced a former Assistant Superintendent of Railway Mail Service to undergo one year imprisonment with a fine of Rs 50,000 for accepting graft. “The Special Judge for CBI cases, Bangalore has sentenced Sukumar Bhave Gude, the then Assistant Superintendent of Railway Mail Service-V, Town Delivery (TD) Sorting Division, Bangalore,” a CBI spokesperson said here.
According to the agency”s investigations, the Head Records Officer (HRO), Railway Mail Service, Bangalore had initiated recruitment for the post of Extra Departmental Agents and had obtained a list of eligible candidates from the Employment Exchange, Bangalore. Gude, while working in Railway Mail Service-V, TD Sorting Division, during 1993-94 had gained access to the list of candidates and had contacted three candidates figuring in that list.
“He had promised to get them employed as Extra Departmental Agents at Railway Mail Service, Bangalore by exercising his influence over HRO, Railway Mail Service, Bangalore and had collected Rs 16,000 for the same,” the officer said. .
—PTI–