A Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) official and his wife were among three persons today convicted and sentenced to varying terms by a CBI court in a disproportionate assets case against them.
CBI Principal Special Judge Kantha Kumar convicted and sentenced BSNL Sub Divisional Engineer (Legal), K Raju to two years rigorous imprisonment (RI) while his wife R Valarmathi was sentenced to one year RI for acquiring properties worth Rs 58.86 lakh between October 1991 and September 2004 disproportionate to their known sources of income, an official release said.
Chartered Accountant Ashok Kumar Jain was sentenced to two years jail term in the case for arranging fake sale jewellery receipts to the couple, it said.
The couple were asked to pay a fine of Rs 36,000 while a fine of Rs 85,000 was imposed on Jain.
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