In a big setback, the Madras High Court convicted Tamil Nadu minister K Ponmudy in a disproportionate assets case, overturning his acquittal.
The Tamil Nadu minister was earlier acquitted in the case in 2016. The Madras High Court has now reversed the trial court decision and the sentence will be pronounced later in the week.
A case was registered against Ponmudi and his wife in 2002 by the Tamil Nadu Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption, accusing them of gathering disproportionate assets during his tenure as minister in the DMK government from 1996-2001.