Four-year imprisonment for ACS officer

STAFF REPORTER

GUWAHATI: The Court of Special Judge here on Thursday sentenced ACS (Assam Civil Service) officer Nandita Konwar to four years of imprisonment in a 2015-graft case involving the officer.

At that time, Nandita Konwar was serving as Project Director of DRDA (District Rural Development Agency) in Kamrup (Metro). She had demanded bribe to pass a bill of a contractor. The bill was in connection with road construction project at Durga Sarovar in the city. The project was undertaken under the MPLAD (Member of Parliament Local Area Development) fund.

Personnel of the V&AC (Vigilance & Anti Corruption) wing of Assam Police caught her red handed while taking Rs 12,000 in her office chamber on October 8, 2015.

On Thursday, the Special Court sentenced Nandita Konwar to three years of jail term and Rs 12,000 fine under Section 7 of PC (Prevention of Corruption) Act and four years of imprisonment and Rs 20,000 fine under Section 13(2) of PC Act. Both the sentences will run concurrently, stated sources.

However, Nandita Konwar alleged that she has "become a victim of political conspiracy".

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