NEWDELHI,APRIL 28: Former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman was sentenced on saturday to four yearsjail by a Delhi court for taking a bribe of Rs. one lakh in a fictitious arms deal case 11 years ago. Additional Sessions Judge Kanwal Jeet Arora sentenced 72-year-old Laxman, also a former Union minister, holding him guilty of taking the bribe from fake arms dealers to recommend to the Defence Ministry to award them a contract to supply thermal binoculars to the Army. The court awarded him the prison term, rejecting his plea for leniency and ordered that he be taken in custody to serve the sentence. The court also imposed a fine of Rs. one lakh on Mr. Laxman, who had been caught on Tehelka camera accepting the money in his chamber in the party headquarters and had to quit as its president shortly after the sting expose which had created a huge political storm.
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