Kerala court on Tuesday sentenced Saritha S Nair to six years rigorous imprisonment in a cheating case related to the solar panel scam that rocked Kerala during the previous Congress-led UDF rule. Saritha Nair was the second accused in the case related to the infamous scam.

The court awarded the imprisonment in four different crimes including cheating. A fine of Rs 10000 has been pronounced in four crimes, totalling Rs 40,000.

Judicial First Class Magistrate-III K Nimmi acquitted the third accused B Manimon, while the verdict of Biju Radhakrishnan, the first accused in this case, was put on hold for pronouncement later as he had applied for leave for being under quarantine.

Acting on a warrant issued by the court, Saritha was arrested from her residence in Thiruvananthapuram by the investigating officer last week and remanded to judicial custody after being brought to Kozhikode.

Though the trial in the case was completed in October 2018, the pronouncement of the verdict was postponed four times till April 2019. Following the arrival of a new magistrate, the arguments were heard again, and the verdict was finally posted for February 2021.

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