3 held guilty, one acquitted in cheating, impersonation case

CTU recruitment exam

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, January 14

Three persons have been held guilty by the court of Ravish Kaushik, Judicial Magistrate First Class (Special Judge, CBI), in a case of cheating and impersonation in the bus conductor recruitment examination of the Chandigarh Transport Undertaking (CTU).

However, one person was acquitted in the case. The quantum of punishment will be pronounced on January 17.

Rajinder Kumar, Sanjay Bhardwaj and Sandeep Kumar were held guilty, whereas Naveen Kumar was acquitted in the case today.

According to the prosecution, during a surprise check, sleuths of the CBI found three persons impersonating in the CTU bus conductor recruitment examination on October 3, 2010.

Rajinder Kumar was the actual candidate and Sanjay Bhardwaj was the impersonator, who was brought to the examination centre by Sandeep Kumar (a Delhi Government employee). Sandeep had used the car of Naveen Kumar.

The CBI had arrested Sanjay Bhardwaj and on the basis of information shared by him, Sandeep Kumar and another accused were arrested.

During a previous hearing in August 2019, two impersonators and two actual candidates were convicted and the court had awarded two-year imprisonment to the convicts. They include Vikran and Sonu (both residents of Jind) and their impersonators Rajeev Roy and Rinku, residents of Bihar. Apart from them, Jitender, Deepak Kumar and Kamal were acquitted by the court.

These four were held guilty under Section 120 B, read with Section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and Section 468 (forgery for purpose of cheating). Convict Rajeev Roy and Rinku were also held guilty under Section 419 (punishment for cheating by impersonation).