Delhi Court Sentences 2 CBI Officers To Jail In 2000 IRS Officer Raid Assault Case
Delhi court has sentenced two CBI officers—retired officer V K Pandey and serving joint director Ramneesh—to three months’ imprisonment and ₹50,000 fine each for assaulting and trespassing into IRS officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal’s residence during a 2000 raid in Paschim Vihar, alleging forced entry and procedural violations, a magistrate ruled and imposed ₹50,000 fine each on both.
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New Delhi: A Delhi court has sentenced two CBI officers to three months' imprisonment for assaulting and trespassing into the residence of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer during a raid over two decades ago.
Judicial Magistrate Shashank Nandan Bhatt was hearing the arguments on the sentence against the convicted retired police officer V K Pandey and Ramneesh, who was serving as a superintendent of police when the raid was conducted in 2000.
Ramneesh is at present a joint director at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The court also fined Rs 50,000 each to both the accused.
Both were accused under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 427 (mischief) and 448 (criminal trespass) in a complaint filed by IRS officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal.
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The case pertained to an incident on October 19, 2000, when a CBI team carried out a search and arrest operation at Aggarwal's residence in Paschim Vihar.
Aggarwal alleged that the officials forcibly entered his house in the early hours, assaulted him and violated legal procedures during the arrest.
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