A retired Senior Clerk-cum-Accountant of a Government-run hospital in Ganjam district was on Friday convicted for misappropriation of funds after a 16-year-long trial. I Raja Rao, who worked in the City Hospital here, was convicted by the Court of Special Judge of Vigilance here. The court sentenced him to undergo two years’ rigorous imprisonment (RI) and pay a fine of Rs 10,000, and to undergo RI of three months more in default of payment of fine.
Notably, Rao was facing trial in a case registered in 2014 on the charge of misappropriation of Government money amounting to Rs 2,68,859 collected towards user charges and other funds in the hospital.