TNNLucknow: A special CBI court in Lucknow has sentenced a former Bank of Baroda branch manager to four years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 30,000 in a bribery case dating back to 2015.The convict, Subodh Kumar Rastogi, was the then branch manager of the bank’s Balrampur branch in Uttar Pradesh. The court pronounced the judgment on Monday after completion of the trial.According to the CBI, the case was registered on Oct 26, 2015, following a complaint by a borrower who had been sanctioned a loan of Rs 5 lakh by the bank to expand his solar lights business.The complainant alleged that while disbursing Rs 1.25 lakh as a term loan, Rastogi had collected approximately Rs 25,000 from him under the pretext of charges for a certificate of account (CA), stamp papers and file processing.Subsequently, another Rs 3.75 lakh was disbursed into the complainant’s account as a cash credit facility.
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However, the branch manager allegedly demanded an additional bribe of Rs 25,000 and threatened to close the account if the amount was not paid.Acting on the complaint, the CBI laid a trap and caught Rastogi red-handed while accepting illegal gratification of Rs 10,000 from the complainant. Following the investigation, the agency filed a chargesheet against him on Dec 18, 2015.
