A former Deputy Inspector General of Police was on Wednesday sentenced to five years' imprisonment by the special Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) court in Mumbai for taking bribe from a junior officer for protecting him in a departmental inquiry.

"The special court has convicted A K Jain, the then DIG, and his chartered accountant Prassanna Lodha, and sentenced them to five years's rigorous imprisonment...court also imposed a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh," special public prosecutor Kalpana Chavan said.