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Rajkot: A court in Amreli convicted two persons including Shambhu Dhanani, uncle of Congress leader Paresh Dhanani , in connection with a 1997 fund embezzlement and cheating case. The third accused died during the trial.” Both accused were sent to custody soon after the court gave its judgment. The court sentenced them to seven years in prison and imposed fine of Rs 4.80lakh in three other cases.Shambhu is also member of Amreli District Panchayat. They used to receive the cash from the customers and make entries in their passbooks, but the same amount was not reflected in bank’s ledger.They were booked under IPC section 406, 420 and 114.Talking to TOI, assistant public prosecutor M J Dindor said, “Shambhu was convicted in two cases and Chauhan was convicted in three cheating cases. He was also chairman of district panchayat’s construction committee.Chief judicial magistrate Dr.
M S Pande sentenced Shambhu and Abdul Chauhan to seven years in jail and imposed fine of Rs 4.80 after finding the duo guilty of cheating.According to case details, Shabmbhu and Chauhan were employees of Amreli Nagrik Sahkari Bank as a cashier and account clerk respectively.As per the complaint registered by the bank, the accused duo had allegedly embezzled nearly Rs 2 lakh of the bank..