A Delhi court today sentenced former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala to 10 years in jail, in the teachers recruiting scam of year 2000. Apart from Chautalas, the ... more 

A Delhi court today sentenced former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala to 10 years in jail, in the teachers recruiting scam of year 2000. Apart from Chautalas, the other three main accused - IAS officer Sanjiv Kumar, Chautala's former Officer on Special Duty Vidya Dhar and political adviser to the then Haryana CM Sher Singh Badshami - were also awarded 10 years in jail in the case. Rest of the accused received jail terms between three-five years. The court had - on January 16 - pronounced them guilty of cheating, forgery, using fake documents as genuine, conspiracy under the IPC and for abusing their official position under the Prevention of Corruption Act. less