A former Deputy Commiss-ioner of Police (DCP) who had served as one the longest serving officers of Special Cell( the anti-terrorist unit) of Delhi Police has been convicted by a special court for amassing assets worth over Rs10 lakh disproportionate to his known sources of income in a 2001 case.
Special CBI Judge Anju Bajaj Chandna convicted Bhupinder Singh Bola, an IPS officer, and fixed the matter for Friday for hearing of arguments on the quantum of sentence.
“Accused BS Bola is convicted for the offence punishable under Section 13(2) (criminal misconduct by public servant) read with 13(1)(e) (possession of disproportionate assets by public servant) of Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act. Put up on October 7, 2016, for arguments and order on the point of sentence,” the court said.
According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), searches were conducted at Bola’s Delhi residence on July 6, 2001 when he was posted as Managing Director of Pondi-cherry Distilleries and assets worth Rs10,07,850 were found, including clothes worth Rs2,38,600.
The accused failed to explain the source of the recovered assets, it claimed. A charge sheet was filed by the CBI under the provisions of PC Act. The accused has denied the allegations levelled against him.