New Delhi, Dec. 18 -- Former Maharashtra Minister and NCP leader Manikrao Kokate is admitted in ICU after Nashik sessions court charged him in 1995 cheating case. He stepped down from the state's Sports Minister post on 17 December after the court pronounced him guilty in a cheating and forgery case associated with a state government housing scheme. The sessions court confirmed a two-year prison sentence against the 68-year-old.

Confirming an imprisonment sentence of 2 years and a fine of Rs.50,000 against Manikrao Kokate, Nashik district and sessions court on Tuesday upheld the order of a first-class judicial magistrate in the three-decade-old housing scam case.

According to PTI report, Manikrao Kokate complained of chest pain and unea...