Two Indians, including the founder of one of the biggest construction firms in Oman, have been jailed for 15 years for bribing officials in exchange for contracts from the Gulf nation's state-run oil company.
A court in Muscat yesterday sentenced former managing director of Galfar Engineering, P Mohammad Ali and an unnamed manager to 15 years in jail in five cases of bribing the oil company's officials. They were among seven persons convicted and sent to jail, the Times of Oman reported today.
Five Omani nationals from the oil firm have also been jailed. Ali will have to pay 1.774 million Omani rials (about (USD 4.61 million) and the manager 534,000 rials as fines.
The court also ordered the deportation of both Indians after completion of their jail terms.
A native of Kerala, Ali founded Galfar, one of Oman's biggest construction companies.
