Lucknow, August 11, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
A CBI court in Lucknow has sentenced former Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) Chief Regional Manager Krishna Mohan Tripathi to three years’ imprisonment and imposed a fine of Rs 14.75 lakh in a disproportionate assets case.
The court convicted Tripathi on Monday after finding him guilty of possessing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income.
The case originated from a CBI trap operation on October 31, 2009, when Tripathi was allegedly caught demanding and accepting Rs 70,000 as illegal gratification.
The subsequent investigation into the case led the CBI to examine Tripathi’s assets and financial dealings. The agency registered a disproportionate assets case on February 24, 2010, and filed a charge sheet on December 13, 2011, after completing its investigation.
During the trial, the prosecution established that Tripathi had accumulated disproportionate assets valued at Rs 1.44 crore. According to the case findings, the assets were 102.53 per cent higher than his known income during the relevant period.
After examining the evidence presented by the prosecution, the court convicted Tripathi and awarded the three-year sentence along with the fine.
The case is among several disproportionate assets matters pursued by the CBI against public servants and others accused of accumulating wealth beyond their legitimate sources of income.
In January 2025, a CBI court in Ahmedabad sentenced former Employees’ State Insurance Corporation inspector Anil Kumar Singh to three years’ rigorous imprisonment and imposed a Rs 20 lakh fine in a similar case. The agency had alleged that his assets were 314 per cent higher than his known sources of income.
In another case in March 2026, a CBI court in Ahmedabad sentenced Jashodaben Rameshbhai Vadadia, a private individual, to two years’ rigorous imprisonment and fined her Rs 20,000 for abetting the acquisition of disproportionate assets by her husband, a former Income Tax officer.
The CBI has also continued to register fresh cases involving serving officials. In February 2026, the agency booked a deputy registrar of Pondicherry University for allegedly accumulating disproportionate assets worth around Rs 54 lakh over a period of about two and a half years.
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