A Delhi Court awarded four years rigourous imprisonment to former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Bangaru Laxman for accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer in a 10 year-old graft case yesterday. The court has also slapped him with a fine of Rs 1 lakh. Additional sessions judge Kanwaljeet Arora handed down the sentences after holding him guilty on Friday and sending him to judicial custody.

Activists pose behind bars wearing masks of then BJP president Bangaru Laxman during a demonstration near the Parliament in 2001. PIC/ AFP Photo