Mohali, April 8 -- Eighteen years after the sensational Moga sex scandal rocked Punjab, a special CBI court in Mohali on Monday delivered its long-awaited verdict, sentencing four former Punjab Police officials for their involvement in a conspiracy to frame prominent businessmen in a false gangrape case to extort money.
CBI Special Judge Rakesh Gupta sentenced former Moga Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Devinder Singh Garcha and the then Superintendent of Police (Headquarters) Paramdip Singh Sandhu to five years of rigorous imprisonment, with a fine of Rs two lakh each. The court found them guilty under Sections 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.
Two other former officers - then Moga city SHO Sub-Inspector ...