The Congress MLA had amassed disproportionate assets worth Rs 6.28 lakh. The case is a stellar example of how even a minor transgression can prove costly
Ranchi: Former minister Hari Narayan Rai and his wife Sushila Devi, who were arrested by CBI in a disproportionate assets (DA) case on Wednesday, were sent to jail by the court of special CBI judge A K Mishra on Thursday.
Rai and his wife were found guilty in the DA case by CBI special judge Balkrishna Tiwary on December 14, 2016 and the court sentenced them to five-year imprisonment each. The court had also imposed a fine of Rs 50,000 each on them. The couple had approached the Jharkhand high court against their imprisonment order but their appeal was dismissed on November 4, 2020.
Following the dismissal of the appeal, CBI was on a lookout for the duo. Subsequently, they were arrested from the house of Rai’s father-in-law in Dumka after inputs provided by his driver.