A special court today sentenced to two years of rigorous imprisonment the project officer of District Urban Development Authority for taking Rs 20,000 bribe from an NGO six years ago.
Special Judge J P Singh also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict Nirmal Kumar Jain.
Jain has been convicted under Prevention of Corruption Act for taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 from the director of a local NGO in October 2010, a Lokayukta police officer said.
"Jain had accepted the bribe from the NGO to facilitate payment to it in connection with a government project," he said.
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