Commonwealth Scam: Delhi HC sends five people to jail
According to reports, four civic officials have been sent to jail for four years and the managing director of a private firm, Sweka Power Tech Engineers, TP Singh, has been sentenced to six years of imprisonment.
The convicts had reportedly pleaded for a lesser term since they argued that they had spent around 11 months in jail during the trial.
According to a CBI chargesheet in 2011, the convicts entered into a criminal conspiracy for upgrading street lights for the Commonwealth Games in October 2010.
They awarded the contract to a private firm by manipulating tender documents.
The scam caused a loss of over Rs.1.42 crore to the government, the CBI had said.
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