Former Member of Parliament of Araku in Andhra Pradesh Kothapalli Geetha and her husband P. Ramakoteshwara Rao have been lodged in a prison, after the CBI Special Court here sentenced them to undergo five-year rigorous imprisonment in a bank fraud case.
The couple, along with two others convicted in the same case, were shifted to the prison from the court hall soon after the Special Court judge pronounced the verdict late on Tuesday. Ms. Geetha had won from Araku (reserved for Scheduled Tribes) in 2014 on YSRCP ticket. Four years later, she quit the party and started her own party. Ahead of 2019 elections, she joined the BJP.
Ms. Geetha and her husband were facing charges of defrauding Punjab National Bank to the tune of ₹42 crore. Her husband Rao is managing director of Visweswara Infrastructure Private Limited company, which too was listed as third accused in the case.
