2 CAG staff get 5 yrs jail in graft case

Two officials in the office of Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) have been sent to five years in jail by a special court for trying to get promotion by indulging in corruption and changing their answer sheets of departmental examination.

"Corruption not only devalues human rights but it also undermines justice and equality which are the core values of our Constitution," it said, noting that the officials worked in one of the most important wings. The court held the two officials guilty of the offence of criminal conspiracy, attempt to cheating, forgery and using as genuine forged documents under the IPC and criminal misconduct under the Prevention of Corruption Act.