Former telecom department official jailed in graft case

Aizawl: A special court (Prevention of Corruption Act) in Aizawl sentenced a former official of the telecommunication department to one year in prison in a corruption case on Tuesday.

Special judge HTC Lalrinchhana, while pronouncing the quantum of punishment, said Subhrendu Deb Roy, a resident of Dharamnagar, will also have to pay a fine of Rs 3 lakh and any default will make him serve an additional prison term of three years.