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Crime
CBI Court Sentences Alakatra Transporter to 16-Month Jail, 29-Lakh Fine
✍️ Amar Ujala · Patna
🗓 30 Oct 2026, 12:15 PM
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In the Alakatra scam, transport operator Dhaneshwar Nath Singh was sentenced to 1 year, 4 months and 18 days in prison and fined 29 lakh rupees by the CBI special court in Patna.
The CBI special court in Patna convicted transport operator Dhaneshwar Nath Singh, alias DN Singh, in the Alakatra scam.
Singh was found guilty of accepting bribes and facilitating the illegal movement of goods.
The court sentenced him to one year, four months and eighteen days of imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹29 lakh.
The verdict follows a long investigation that uncovered widespread corruption in the state’s transport sector.
The sentence is intended to serve as a deterrent against future malpractice.
Singh was found guilty of accepting bribes and facilitating the illegal movement of goods.
The court sentenced him to one year, four months and eighteen days of imprisonment and imposed a fine of ₹29 lakh.
The verdict follows a long investigation that uncovered widespread corruption in the state’s transport sector.
The sentence is intended to serve as a deterrent against future malpractice.