Ranchi, July 25
Senior IAS officer Sajjal Chakraborty, a fodder scam convict, was today sentenced to four years’ rigorous imprisonment in connection with the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 39 crore from the Chaibasa treasury in 1993-94. With this, all 64 accused in the fodder scam pertaining to the Chaibasa treasury were sentenced by the CBI court.

The special CBI court of Mr Justice B K Sahay this afternoon pronounced the quantum of punishment on Sajjal, who was produced in the court room from Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), where he was admitted on July 14 after he had fainted in the court while proceedings regarding the same case were on.

Sajjal is a 1980 batch officer. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 3.5 lakh on him. He was DC of West Singbhum when the scam occurred.

After the judgement, he was sent back to RIMS. — UNI