Former censor board official gets one-year rigorous imprisonment for accepting bribe from film producer

CHENNAI: A CBI court in Chennai on Thursday sentenced former regional director of the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) to one-year rigorous imprisonment for accepting Rs 10,000 as bribe from a Tamil film producer.
Special judge for CBI cases R Killivalavan sentenced D Rajasekar, an IFS officer who was the CBFC regional director in 2010, for a one-year rigorous imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him.
The Anti-Corruption Wing of the CBI caught Rajasekar red-handed in 2010 while he was accepting Rs 10,000 from the producer to view his film and issue certification.
After investigation of the case, CBI sleuths filed a chargesheet against the accused under sections 7 & 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.