Former IRCTC Official Sentenced for Disproportionate Assets in Lucknow
Conviction of Ex-IRCTC Official
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Lucknow, August 11: A former senior official of the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has been sentenced to three years in prison by a CBI court in Lucknow for possessing disproportionate assets. The court also imposed a fine of Rs 14.75 lakh on him.
The court found Krishna Mohan Tripathi, who served as the Chief Regional Manager at IRCTC's Lucknow office, guilty of holding assets that exceeded his known income sources.
This case traces back to an operation on October 31, 2009, when Tripathi was allegedly caught accepting Rs 70,000 in bribes.
Investigations revealed that he had amassed wealth significantly beyond his declared income.
The CBI initiated the case on February 24, 2010, and filed a charge sheet against Tripathi on December 13, 2011, after completing their inquiry.
During the trial, it was demonstrated that Tripathi's assets amounted to Rs 1.44 crore, which was 102.53% more than his total known income during the relevant timeframe.
Following a thorough examination of the evidence, the court convicted him and imposed the sentence.
This conviction is part of ongoing CBI efforts to address corruption among public officials who accumulate wealth beyond their legitimate earnings.
In a related case last January, a CBI court in Ahmedabad sentenced Anil Kumar Singh, a former inspector with the Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, to three years of rigorous imprisonment and fined him Rs 20 lakh for similar charges.
Additionally, in March 2026, a private individual, Jashodaben Rameshbhai Vadadia, received a two-year prison sentence for facilitating her husband's acquisition of disproportionate assets.
The CBI continues to pursue new cases against current officials, including a deputy registrar from Pondicherry University, who was booked in February 2026 for allegedly amassing around Rs 54 lakh in disproportionate assets over two and a half years.