{"id":44679,"date":"2016-09-01T10:51:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T05:21:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=44679"},"modified":"2016-09-01T10:51:25","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T05:21:25","slug":"ex-dg-mines-safety-convicted-graft-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ex-dg-mines-safety-convicted-graft-case","title":{"rendered":"Ex-DG of Mines Safety convicted in graft case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44107\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44107\" style=\"width: 261px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"44107\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/coal-scam-rspl-officials-get-3-yrs-jail\/criminal-law-2\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"261,193\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"criminal law\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?fit=261%2C193&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-44107 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/criminal-law.jpg?resize=261%2C193&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ex-DG of Mines Safety convicted in graft case\" width=\"261\" height=\"193\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44107\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ex-DG of Mines Safety convicted in graft case<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After two decades of probe and trial, a special CBI court has convicted former Director General of Mines Safety Captain Brij Nandan Singh for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.<\/p>\n<p>The court has sentenced him to undergo five years of rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 2 lakh on him, a CBI spokesperson said here today.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;CBI had registered a case on January 17, 1996, U\/s 13(2) read with 13(1)(e) of PC Act, 1988, against Singh, then Director General of Mines Safety, Dhanbad,&#8221; the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p>She said it was alleged that Singh, while posted as DGMS, had amassed huge assets in his name and in the name of others\/benami and was in possession of disproportionate assets to the tune of Rs 41.70 lakh during October 15, 1990 to June 30, 1995.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;After investigation, a charge-sheet was filed on August 27, 2001 and supplementary charge-sheet on July 20, 2006&#8230; in the Court of Special Judge for CBI Cases, Dhanbad against Singh who was found in possession of disproportionate assets of Rs 37.74 lakh during the said check period,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two decades of probe and trial, a special CBI court has convicted former Director General of Mines Safety Captain Brij Nandan Singh for amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income. 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