Suresh Bhagarkar, a former doctor with Air India Ltd, sentenced to three years’ imprisonment for accepting a bribe to manipulate a medical report for a job applicant. The case was registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2011. The prosecution presented 27 witnesses and 49 pieces of documentary evidence to establish that Narendrasinh Gohil, a candidate for the Air India Transport Service Ltd (AIATSL) security agent post in Ahmedabad, was forced to deposit Rs 5,000 in BhagARKar’s private bank account in Gandhinagar. The defence requested leniency, citing his advanced age, his wife’s illness, and the prolonged trial spanning over a decade. However, rejecting the plea, the court observed: \”Punishment must always be just, neither harsh nor lenient. Corruption is an evil in society. The menace of corruption is a cancerous epidemic which has tentacles in the far nooks and corners of our country. It is corruption which is preventing our country from emerging as a developed country. The corruption by public servants has become a gigantic problem. It has a deep and pervasive impact on the functioning of the entire country.\”
Suresh Bhagarkar, a former doctor with Air India Ltd, sentenced to thr….
