Ex-Haryana CM Chautala Gets 4-Yr Jail, Fined ₹50 Lakh Over Disproportionate Assets

Mumbai: A special CBI Court in Delhi on Friday sentenced former Haryana CM OP Chautala to four years imprisonment in a disproportionate assets case. The court also imposed a ₹50 lakh fine on Chautala and ordered the confiscation of four of his properties

The court also ordered the confiscation of four of his properties. Chautala physically appeared and was present in the courtroom. Special Judge (PC Act) Vikas Dhul had last week convicted Chautala and held that the accused had failed to give a satisfactory account of such disparity by proving his source or means of income through which he claimed property acquired during the period.

According to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) FIR, accused Om Prakash Chautala, while serving as the Chief Minister of Haryana during the period July 24, 1999, to March 5, 2005, along with his family members and others owned immovable and movable, disproportionate to his known lawful sources of income, in his name, in the names of his family members and others to the extent of Rs 1,467 crores.

The FIR further stated that the accused deposited huge assets and thousands of acres of land, multi-complexes, palatial residential houses, hotels, farmhouses, commercial agencies, petrol pumps and other investments across the country as investments abroad.

The FIR also stated that a total of 43 immovable properties were deposited, apart from cash and jewellery. Apart from the 43 alleged properties listed in the FIR, additional properties were also suspected to be of the accused family.

Additional properties were also investigated to ascertain the connection of the accused family with the said properties. The charge sheet filed in the case after the conclusion of the investigation states that accused OP Chautala had acquired both immovable and movable properties which were disproportionate to his known source of income.

The disproportionate assets were calculated to be Rs 6,09,79,026 and the percentage of DA (Disproportionate Assets) was 189.11 per cent of his known sources of income. Accordingly, CBI had charge-sheeted the accused for the offence under the relevant section of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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