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The Special Judge for CBI cases, Ghaziabad yesterday sentenced
Sh.B.M.Bhasin, a businessman to undergo six year Rigorous
Imprisonment with a fine of Rs. 50,000/-. His father Sh. S.R.Bhasin
was also convicted and awarded punishment with a fine of Rs.
50,000/-. Both the son and father were punished for assaulting
and deterring Income-Tax officials from duty who raided their
premises in Muzaffarnagar in the year of 1989. The CBI investigation
revealed that Income-Tax officials of Meerut had raided the
residential and business premises of S.R.Bhasin at Muzaffarnagar
(U.P.) on 14.9.89. The income tax raiding party was assaulted
by a mob led by the father son duo. The mob also attacked
the journalists/photographers, who were making video coverage
of the incident. The U.P. Police had registered two seperate
criminal cases on the complaints of income-tax officials and
journalists which were later transferred to CBI for investigation.
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