India, Nov. 28 -- A special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) court on Thursday convicted former assistant commissioner of Central Excise, Ashok Venkatesh Nayak, for demanding a Rs.10-crore bribe and accepting Rs.1.25 crore in 2017 from a hotelier, and sentenced him to five years' rigorous imprisonment. A fine of Rs.1 lakh has also been imposed.

Delivering the judgment, Special CBI Judge Amit V Kharkar found Nayak guilty under Section 8 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, holding that the prosecution had proved beyond reasonable doubt, both demand and acceptance of illegal gratification.

According to the court, the complainant had received threatening calls from a man identifying himself as an Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer, ...