Visakhapatnam, Sep 17
A CBI Court here has sentenced a former inspector of Central Excise & Customs and a private person to five years in jail in a Rs 32.28 crore fraud case.
The court convicted and sentenced Kalaka Ramdas, the then Inspector, Central Excise & Customs, Srikakulam Range, Srikakulam and a private person, Polaki Janakiram.
The case was registered in 2005, and at the time of filing the charge sheet in 2008, Ramdas was Superintendent, Customs & Central Excise in the office of the Assistant Commissioner of Customs & Central Excise, Visakhapatnam.
The CBI said in a statement on Wednesday that the court also convicted Janakiram, of Vandragi village of Srikakulam district and a private entity, Sri Balaji General Trading Company. The court also imposed a total fine of Rs 5.53 lakh on them.