Chennai, July 25 -- A CBI Court in Bengaluru today convicted and sentenced a former Enforcement Directorate (ED) Officer to three years RI in a Rs five lakh graft case.

The court convicted and sentenced Lalit Bazad, then Enforcement Officer of ED working in Bengaluru Directorate (on deputation from Central Goods and Services Tax and Central Excise, Chennai) to three years Imprisonment and also imposed a fine of Rs. 5.5 lakh.

He was convicted for having demanded and accepted Rs.five lakhs as illegal gratification from a private complainant by putting him under fear of illegal harm to his business and reputation by entangling him in endless legal proceedings, a CBI release said. UNI GV 2100

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