Teachers’ recruitment scam: Chautala surrenders before Tihar jail authorities

Chautala was granted interim bail by the HC on July 23 for six weeks on medical ground.

After being out on bail for about two months,former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala,serving a ten-year jail term in a teacher recruitment scam case,on Monday surrendered before the Tihar jail authorities after the Supreme Court refused to extend his relief.

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“He (Chautala) surrendered before us today,” Tihar jail spokesperson Sunil Gupta said.

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Chautala,who is serving a 10-year jail term awarded in the junior teachers recruitment scam by a Delhi court,was granted interim bail by the High Court on July 23 for six weeks on medical ground.

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The trial court had on January 22 sentenced Chautala and nine others,including his son Ajay,to 10 years jail term for illegally recruiting 3,206 JBT teachers in 2000. Among other convicts,44 were sentenced to four years in jail and one was sentenced to five-year jail term in the case.

All of them were held 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.

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