Man gets 2 yrs RI for causing Rs 7.15 crore loss to govt

A local court has sentenced a man to two years rigorous imprisonment for causing Rs 7.15 crore loss to the state exchequer in an international call racket case.

Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate R Balasubramanian convicted Suraj Kumar Joshi and slapped a fine of Rs 52,000 on him.

The case filed by CBI's Economic Offences wing was that Joshi had caused loss of revenue to the government by "perpetrating illegal long-distance international call rackets in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala", a PIB release here said.

He manipulated digital records of licensed telecom operators "to avoid Access Deficit Charges and caused a loss of Rs 7.15 crore", the release said.