Mumbai:
Four former Central Bank of India officials have been sentenced to imprisonment with terms ranging from five to six years by a Mumbai CBI Special Court for cheating the bank of approximately Rs 1.7 crore, an official said here on Monday.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge RG Asmar found four of the six accused guilty of fraud and convicted them to jail terms along with fines.
Between 1993 and 2000, the six accused used forged documents and bank accounts misusing their official positions to cheat the bank of the huge amount, a CBI official said. They were booked in 2001 by the CBI and a charge sheet was filed against them in 2003.
Those booked by the CBI were: Vijay Dattatray Deshpande was assistant branch manager at Central Bank of India, Worli; Vaishali Vijay Desphande was assistant manager at Santacruz branch; Sanjay Hari Velingkar, telephone operator-cum-clerk at the Lamington Road branch; Jyoti Sanjay Velingkar who was clerk in the same branch; and Sopan Anand Tiwari and Ratna Shetty, both clerks, at the Grant Road branch of the bank.
Vijay Dattatray Deshpande, Vaishali Vijay Desphande and Jyoti Sanjay Velingkar were awarded five years' rigorous imprisonment and fine of Rs 1,20,000 each, and Sanjay Hari Velingkar was sentenced to six years' jail term and fine of Rs 100,000.