AGARTALA: A special court of Khowai on Wednesday convicted two retired officers of the animal resource development (ARD) department in a case of defalcation of Rs 47.55 lakh of different schemes 30 years ago in Tripura and sentenced them to five years’ rigorous imprisonment.
After hearing the case filed in 1996, special judge Angshuman Debbarma has convicted Mrinmoy Barman of Lal Chhera in Khowai town and Shiba Prasad Sengupta of Abhoynagar in Agartala under various sections of IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.