Summary:
A 45-year-old man, who was accused of cheating four people on the pretext of getting them jobs in the MCD, has been sentenced to three years in jail by a Delhi court. Police had said the accused had promised to refund the money in case he failed to get them the job. It observed that he “degraded the morals of society” by illustrating that government jobs are available “for bribe, not merit”. AdvertisingAdditional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ekta Gauba also imposed a fine of Rs 1 lakh on convict Rajesh Kumar, who was a Grade-IV employee in the municipal corporation. The four men approached police in November 2003 to lodge an FIR against the accused, after he failed to return the money..