Former Rajya Sabha MP from Mizoram, Lalhming Liana, has been sentenced to three-year imprisonment by a Delhi court for forging air tickets to claim reimbursement of travel allowance.
Special CBI Judge N K Malhotra convicted Liana for the offenses of cheating, forgery and using the forged document as genuine under the provisions of Indian Penal Code and criminal misconduct under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The court also imposed a fine of Rs 11 lakh on Liana, a two-time MP. He was granted statutory bail to enable him to file an appeal in the Delhi High Court. Liana, who was associated with the Mizo National Front, was convicted on November 29 and the sentence was pronounced on November 30.