New Delhi, Feb. 20 -- Maharashtra Agriculture Minister Manikrao Kokate has been sentenced to two years in prison by a Nashik district court for his involvement in a 30-year-old document tampering and fraud case. The conviction stems from allegations that Kokate and his brother, Sunil Kokate, fraudulently obtained two flats under the Chief Minister's quota in the Nirman View Apartment.

The Nasik court also fined Manikrao Kokate Rs.50,000. His brother Sunil Kokate was also convicted in the case registered in 1995.

The case was initiated by former minister Tukaram Dighole, who accused the Kokate brothers of forging documents to secure these benefits unlawfully.

The Kokate siblings had got two flats on College Road in Yeolakar Mala here un...