Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], September 29 (ANI): A special trial court in Tamil Nadu found the former minister R Indira Kumari, her husband, guilty of misappropriation of funds during her tenure as Minister of social welfare during All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government in 1991-1996.

The Special Court for MLAs and MPs sentenced the Minister and her husband Babu to five-year in prison.

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The former social welfare minister has been convicted for diversion of fund Rs 15.45 lakhs to a trust run by her husband Babu.

The minister and several others were booked in 1997 for siphoning off government funds by creating trusts. (ANI)

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