Chronic Corruption Hampered India's Pursuit Of Economic Dynamism: Special Court
NDTV
Special Judge Namrita Aggarwal convicted RPS Panwar, a former General Manager of BSNL posted in Muradabad, Uttar Pradesh, of amassing assets "highly disproportionate" to his known sources of income.
Chronic corruption has severely hampered India's ardent pursuit of economic dynamism, a special CBI court said here on Wednesday while convicting a former top BSNL officer in a disproportionate assets case.
Special Judge Namrita Aggarwal convicted RPS Panwar, a former General Manager of BSNL posted in Muradabad, Uttar Pradesh, of amassing assets "highly disproportionate" to his known sources of income.
The judge also convicted Panwar's wife Laxmi Devi, sons Mukesh Kumar Panwar and Dinesh Kumar Panwar, and chartered accountant Gyan Prakash Agarwal for abetting the offence.
"Corruption is a vice of insatiable avarice for self-aggrandizement by the unscrupulous, taking unfair advantage of their power and authority and those in public office also, in breach of the institutional norms... Chronic corruption has severely hampered India's ardent pursuit of economic dynamism," the judge said.
