Chautala,son Abhay,53 others convicted for illegal teacher recruitment:arrested

New Delhi:(Page3 News Network)-Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala, his MLA-son  and 53 others were convicted today by a Delhi court for illegal recruitment of over 3000 Junior Basic Trained (JBT) teachers .Apart from the Chautalas, Sanjiv Kumar, the then Director of Primary Education, Chautala's former Officer on Special Duty Vidya Dhar and Sher Singh Badshami, political advisor to the then Haryana CM were convicted by the court in the case. Special CBI Judge Vinod Kumar held Chautala, his son and others guilty of offences under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA). All the convicts were taken into judicial custody after the judgement was pronounced.The court has fixed January 17, 19 and 21 for hearing the arguments on sentence. The court will pronounce the quantum of sentence on January 22 .