Senior accountant convicted by CBI court

NEW DELHI/SHILLONG: The Special Judge, Shillong has convicted accused Jaharlal Das, the then Senior Accountant, office of the Accountant General (A&E), Shillong and Dhiresh Kumar Chakraborty (a private person), the then Director of Tricon Wood Products (P) Ltd, Thana Road, Shillong. Jaharlal Das was sentenced to undergo three years simple imprisonment with a total fine of Rs 1,00,000 and Dhiresh Kumar Chakraborty to undergo three years simple imprisonment with fine of Rs 50,000.
CBI had registered a case in 1992 and filed a charge sheet in 1994 against accused person. It was alleged that undue favour was shown to the Directors of Tricon Wood Products Ltd by the Bank Officers of erstwhile New Bank of India (Now Punjab National Bank) in sanctioning of loans and advances on the basis of false/forged documents in violation of the laid down banking norms/procedures. The loans/advances amount to the extent of Rs 30.90 lakh was allegedly misappropriated. The role of Jaharlal Das had also emerged during the investigation, for favouring the accused.