IAS officer of UP cadre Rajiv Kumar has been sent to judicial custody in Dasna jail by a CBI court after he surrendered before the court for abuse of power in a Noida plot allotment scam.
The former deputy chief executive officer (DCEO) and presently in waiting list for new posting, surrendered before the CBI court on Monday after losing his case in Allahabad High Court.
His accomplice and the then chief executive officer (CEO) of Noida,
Neera Yadav, has already surrendered before the same court. She is presently serving a three-year jail term awarded in 2012.
Neera Yadav, who was the chief secretary of Uttar Pradesh and the chief executive officer (CEO) of Noida, along with Rajiv Kumar, the then DCEO of Noida,
were convicted by the local CBI court to three-year
jail terms. They were also slapped a financial
penalty of Rs 1,00,000 each in two cases pertaining
to the illegal allotment of plots during their tenure in Noida in 1994.