Haryana Power Department has dismissed the services of two junior engineers (JEs) of Uttar Haryana Bilji Vitran Nigam (UHBVN) namely Satpal and Ram Niwas after they were convicted by the court in two different cases of corruption.
The convict Satpal posted at Nigam office in Nissing, district Karnal was caught red handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 10,000 from Surjit Singh, a resident of district Karnal in lieu of replacement and augmentation of transformer, said a spokesman of State Vigilance Bureau. He said a case was registered against Satpal at Bureau PS in Rohtak who was later convicted and sentenced four years imprisonment and fine of Rs 9000 by the court of Additional Session Judge, Karnal, In yet another similar case, accused Ram Niwas, posted in Nigam office at Sonipat was caught red handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 6,000 from Mukesh Kumar, a resident of Harsana Malcha, district Sonipat in lieu of fake allegations of theft of electricity.