Belekeri port iron ore theft case: Cong MLA Satish Sail sentenced to 7 years in jail, fined Rs 9 cr
Bengaluru: In the Belekeri port iron ore smuggling case, the Special Court for People's Representatives sentenced Karwar Congress MLA Satish Sail to seven years in prison and imposed a fine of Rs 9 crore.
On October 24, the court declared the MLA guilty after hearing arguments from both sides.
The court has also ordered the government to seize the fine amount. Previously, Sail had received a five-year sentence in a conspiracy case and a three-year sentence in a theft case related to the same investigation.
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Maharashtra Cong chief Nana Patole scrapes through in Sakoli, wins by 208 votes
Mumbai, Nov 23: Maharashtra Congress president Nana Patole survived a scare from his nearest BJP rival in the Sakoli assembly constituency but managed to win the tight contest by a narrow margin of 208 votes.
Patole, the incumbent Congress MLA from Sakoli, polled 96,795 votes, while his challenger from BJP, Avinash Brahmankar, came tantalisingly close to bagging 96,587 votes.
Independent nominee Somadatta Karanjekar was a distant third, bagging 18,309 votes.
While Patole managed to save the face with the thin margin, the Congress unit led by him and the Maha Vikas Aghadi were routed by the BJP-led Mahayuti in the one-sided contest.
