Ahmedabad, March 30 A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Ahmedabad convicted and sentenced the wife of a former Income Tax Officer to a rigorous imprisonment (RI) of two years in a disproportionate assets (DA) case dating back nearly 19 years.
The convict, Jasodaben Vadadia's husband, Rameshbhai Vadadia, was also an accused in the case, but he died during the trial.
The special court sentenced Jasodaben Vadadia, accused of aiding her husband in accumulating disproportionate assets, to a two-year RI, and also imposed a fine of Rs 20,000 on her in the case registered on June 30, 2007, the CBI said in a statement.
Rameshbhai Vadadia, who was then posted at the office of the Additional Commissioner of Income Tax, Gandhinagar, was accused of amassing assets worth Rs 29,49,977 between January 1, 2002 and April 30, 2007, which was 247 per cent of his known sources of income, the statement said.
After completing the investigation, the CBI filed a chargesheet on December 24, 2008, against the then-Income Tax officer and his wife, Jasodaben Vadadia, for amassing disproportionate assets worth Rs 25,46,398, which was 133.98 per cent of their known source of income, it said.
Ramesh Vadadia passed away during the trial, and the case against him was dropped by the court, but his wife was found guilty of aiding and abetting the corruption offence.
"The court found merit in the charges and held the accused, Jasodaben Rameshbhai Vadadia, guilty of aiding her husband in acquiring assets disproportionate to their known sources of income, and accordingly convicted her for the aiding and abetting of the offence in the disproportionate assets (DA) case. The Hon'ble Court, after the trial, convicted and sentenced the accused accordingly," the CBI said.