Ghaziabad: Former Uttar Pradesh chief secretary Neera Yadav, who served as Noida chairperson, and another Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer were given three years’ jail by a CBI special court here for irregular land allotments.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge S. Lal pronounced the judgment in the Noida plot allotment scandal in which the Supreme Court had ordered an inquiry by the probe agency against Neera Yadav and Noida’s then deputy CEO Rajiv Kumar.
The two were held guilty under penal provisions for conspiracy and under various section of the anti-corruption law. The court also slapped a penalty of Rs.100,000 each on the convicts. Soon after the verdict, the two convicts were granted bail by the court against a bond of Rs.1 lakh each. They were also granted one month to appeal against the judgment, said CBI Prosecutor I.D. Vaid. (IANS)