Panchkula, June 2 -- A special judicial magistrate CBI court in Panchkula has sentenced two Haryana residents, Aditya Bhardwaj alias Bhanu from Kurukshetra and Deepak Jain alias DC of Gurugram, to two and a half years of imprisonment. They were found guilty in a sophisticated fraud case registered by the Delhi CBI on September 27, 2016. The charges included cheating, forgery, criminal conspiracy, and violations under the IT Act.

The verdict followed a complaint filed by Mohammad Afsar Alam, then an inspector with the CBI in New Delhi. The court convicted Aditya Bhardwaj under Sections 120B, 419, 420, and 468 of the IPC, while Deepak Jain was found guilty under Section 120-B, 420, 468 of IPC, and 66-D of the IT Act. Both were also levied ...