PTI
New Delhi, Jan 19: A man accused of forging the signature of former Prime Minister late Rajiv Gandhi has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment by a Delhi court as it confirmed the lower court verdict.
Additional Sessions Judge Rajneesh Gupta, upheld the conviction of one Madhur Kishore Bhatnagar and further confirmed a fine of Rs 10,000 on him for fabricating a letter with the forged signature of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi which was posted to the President in July, 1985.
As per the CBI, the letter contained a purported demand of Rs 80 lakhs by late Gandhi from one D K Jain, Inspector, State Bank of India and was posted with an intent to harm his reputation.
The copies of the said letter were also sent to few newspapers for giving wide publicity, it had alleged.