New Delhi, Apr 20: A Delhi court convicted a sitting CBI joint director and a retired Delhi Police officer for criminal trespass, assault and mischief during a raid and arrest of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer in October 2000.
Ramnish Geer, Joint Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation, and V K Pandey, a retired Assistant Commissioner of Police in Delhi, have been convicted in the case filed by IRS officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal, who had accused the CBI and police officers of forcibly entering his Paschim Vihar home and assaulting him during a raid on October 19, 2000.
Ramnish was reportedly awarded the President’s Police Medal for distinguished service on Republic Day in 2022.
Judicial Magistrate First Class Shashank Nandan Bhatt of Tis Hazari Court will pass the order on their sentence on April 27.
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