New Delhi: Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala has sentenced 10 years in prison after his son Ajay Chautala and 53 others were found guilty of illegally recruiting 3,206 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers in the state in the year 2000.
The court of Judge Vinod Kumar also sentenced Ajay Chautala to 10 years in prison.
Apart from Chautalas, the other three main accused – IAS officer Sanjiv Kumar, Chautala’s former Officer on Special Duty Vidya Dhar and political adviser to the then Haryana CM Sher Singh Badshami – were also awarded 10 years in jail in the case.
