BSNL official, wife convicted in disproportionate assets case

Chennai, Aug 19 (PTI) A Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited(BSNL) official and his wife were among three persons todayconvicted and sentenced to varying terms by a CBI court in adisproportionate assets case against them. CBI Principal Special Judge Kantha Kumar convicted andsentenced BSNL Sub Divisional Engineer (Legal), K Raju to twoyears rigorous imprisonment (RI) while his wife R Valarmathiwas sentenced to one year RI for acquiring properties worth Rs58.86 lakh between October 1991 and September 2004disproportionate to their known sources of income, an officialrelease said. Chartered Accountant Ashok Kumar Jain was sentenced totwo years jail term in the case for arranging fake salejewellery receipts to the couple, it said. The couple were asked to pay a fine of Rs 36,000 while afine of Rs 85,000 was imposed on Jain. PTI VIJ APRSC