Mohali, Feb. 24 -- A special court in Mohali sentenced a former branch manager of the employee state insurance corporation (ESIC) to four years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case, holding that corruption has become an endemic and eroded institutional credibility.

The branch manager, Chander Mohini, was found guilty under Section 7 of Prevention of Corruption Act. Along with the jail term, she was also told to pay a fine of Rs.20,000. She was, however, granted a set-off for the period already undergone in custody under Section 428 (detention) of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC).

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