JBT teachers scam | Reconsider ex-Haryana CM Chautala's plea for early release: HC to govt

Delhi High Court (HC) directed state government on Wednesday to consider a fresh plea of former Haryana Chief Minister (CM) OP Chautala, who seeks an early release from Tihar Central Jail under special remission granted to senior citizens. former Haryana CM was convicted in  case of illegal recruitment of 3,206 junior basic teachers (JBT) in 2000 and Supreme Court in August 2015 upheld high court's conviction and 10-year sentence anunced. Recently, a bench of justices Manmohan and Sangita Dhingra Sehgal had set aside government's order which rejected Chautala's early release plea.

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55 convicted in illegal recruitment of junior basic teachers

Former Haryana CM OP Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were among 55 convicted and sentenced in case of illegal recruitment of 3,206 junior basic teachers (JBT) in 2000. convicts also included two IAS officers, one of which was Sanjeev Kumar. A special CBI court back in January 2013 had prounced varying jail terms for all convicts. IAS Sanjeev Kumar, who was n Director of Primary Education in Haryana had initially helped expose scam, however, later he was also found to be involved in scam during CBI probe.

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Apart from OP and Ajay Chautala, ors who were sentenced to a 10-year jail term were Chautala's former Officer on Special Duty Vidya Dhar, Political Advisor to former Haryana CM Sher Singh Badshami, Madan Lal Kalra, Durga Dutt Pradhan, Bani Singh, Ram Singh, and Daya Saini. Apart from m, one convict was handed a five-year jail sentence and rest 44 were given four years of imprisonment. Among 55 convicts, 16 were women officials.

All 55 had been convicted and sentenced under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 418 (cheating), 467 (forgery), 471 (using forged documents as genuine) of IPC, and provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act.

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(With ANI Inputs)