A former top leader of India’s main opposition Hindu nationalist party was jailed for four years on Saturday for accepting a bribe to swing a fake arms deal in a media sting operation.
Bangaru Laxman, former chief of the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was secretly videotaped accepting the bribe from journalists pretending to be arms dealers 11 years ago. The sting footage was aired on television channels nationwide, creating a political storm for the then BJP government, headed by former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Additional Sessions Court Judge Kanwaljeet Arora sentenced the 72-year-old Laxman to four years “rigorous imprisonment” and imposed a 100,000 rupee ($2,000) fine on the politician under India’s anti-corruption act.
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