Former Mohali DSP Raka Ghira gets 6 years in jail in bribery case
New Delhi, February 7
A special CBI court in Chandigarh on Wednesday sentenced former Mohali DSP Raka Ghira to six years’ imprisonment for taking a bribe of Rs 1 lakh nearly 12 years ago, officials said here.
The court also imposed a penalty of Rs 2 lakh on her, they said.
“The CBI had registered a case on July 22, 2011 against Raka Ghira, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Punjab Police, Mohali, and Manmohan Singh, reader to the DSP, on allegations of demanding a bribe of Rs 2 lakh for helping the complainant in the FIRs registered against him.
“Subsequently, on negotiation, Raka Ghira agreed to accept Rs 1 lakh as part payment of the bribe,” the CBI spokesperson said in a statement.
Ghira was arrested on July 24, 2011. During the trial, Singh turned an approver.
