New Delhi, April 1 -- The Rouse Avenue Court on Wednesday convicted Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in a Gramin Vikas Bank fraud case.

Bharti, a Congress MLA from Datia in Madhya Pradesh, has been taken into custody. Another accused, Raghubir Sharan Prajapati, was also convicted by the court.

The case had been transferred to Delhi by the Supreme Court following a plea filed by Bharti.

Special Judge (MP-MLA) convicted Bharti and Prajapati for cheating, forgery, use of forged documents, and criminal conspiracy.

The court found Bharti guilty of criminal conspiracy under Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code, read with Sections 420, 467, 468, and 471 of the IPC. Prajapati was convicted of forgery and criminal conspiracy.

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