CBI court convicts former Punjab DSP Raka Ghira of corruption in 13-year-old case

Ramkrishan Upadhyay

Chandigarh, February 5

A CBI court on Monday convicted former Punjab Police DSP Raka Ghira in a 13-year-old corruption case. The quantum of sentence will be pronounced on Wednesday.

The Central Bureau of Investigation had arrested her from her Chandigarh residence while she was allegedly accepting Rs 1 lakh in bribe from a realtor, KK Malhotra. At the time of her arrest, Ghira was a DSP in Mohali.

Malhotra in a complaint filed before the CBI had said that the Punjab Police registered five cases against him on the complaints of land owners, from whom he purchased it in Mullanpur.

He said the DSP’s reader met him and said that DSP Raka Ghira had demanded Rs 2 lakh for settling the cases against him and also for not registering more.

He said that on July 22, 2011, the DSP called him and reiterated the demand of Rs 2 lakh, following which he approached the CBI. Acting on his complaint, a CBI team laid a trap and arrested the DSP.

During the raids, the CBI had also seized a large quantity of arms and ammunition, including a .32-bore German revolver and a double-barrel gun, along with multiple cartridges. She was later acquitted in the arms seizure case.

The CBI had filed the charge sheet against the accused in 2012.