Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala have been sentenced to ten years in jail in the teachers' recruitment scam.

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Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala have been sentenced to ten years in jail in the teachers' recruitment scam. (PTI)

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A Delhi court pronounced the quantum of sentence on Tuesday. Besides the former CM and his son, the court gave ten-year-term to three other main accused in the case. (PTI)

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Earlier in the morning, thousands of supporters of Chautala clashed with police which used batons and teargas to control them outside the court. (PTI)

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The supporters had gathered outside the complex in the early hours and clashed with police after it prevented them from entering the court complex. The police used batons and teargas to control the supporters.Security was tightened around the complex and entry to the court restricted. (PTI)

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On January 16, the court had held 78-year-old Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and 53 others guilty of illegally recruiting 3,206 junior basic trained (JBT) teachers in the state in 2000. They have all been held guilty of cheating, forgery, using fake documents as genuine, conspiracy under the IPC and for abusing their official position under the Prevention of Corruption Act. (PTI)

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