"Power Corrupts; Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely": Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala Gets 4 Yrs In Jail In Disproportionate Assets Case
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"Power Corrupts; Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely": Ex-Haryana CM Om Prakash Chautala Gets 4 Yrs In Jail In Disproportionate Assets Case

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Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala was on May 27 sentenced to 4 years in imprisonment by a special CBI court in Delhi in connection with a disproportionate assets case. MLA/CM of Haryana between the period from 1993 till 2005, instead of working honestly in the public interest, had in fact worked to promote his self-interest i.e. Significntly, the Court observed that the maxim "'power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely" can be applied to the case of Om Prakash Chuatala. The case in brief Essentially, the CBI had filed a disproportionate assets case against him in the year 2005, and a charge sheet was filed in 2010 wherein the CBI had allegedly detected assets amassed by him between 1993 and 2006 that were disproportionate to his legitimate sources of income The FIR in the case accused Chautala of accumulating assets, disproportionate to his known lawful sources of income as a CM of Haryana during the period from July 24, 1999, to March 5, 2005, in collusion with his family members and others.

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