Mumbai, Feb. 28 -- A CBI court has convicted five accused, including top officials of the Nationalnal Textile Corporation and others, for allegedly awarding a transportation contract to a private operator without inviting a tender for the same and even without transporting the goods, generating the bill, and claiming huge amounts.

According to details, the court convicts Sunil Dattatray Satam, then Admin In-charge (Officer on Special Duty), National Textile Corporation (Western Region), Mumbai, Sadanand Jagannath Vardam, then Asstt Manager, Finlay Mill; Arun Atmaram Belnekar, the then Accounts Officer, Finlay Mills; Anant Dhondu Mahadik, then Account Officer; and Ananda Yashwant Sable, Private Transporter, to 1-2 years' Rigorous Imprisonme...