India, March 6 -- A city court on Tuesday sentenced two employees of the Haryana irrigation and water resources department to four years of rigorous imprisonment after they were found guilty of accepting bribe from a contractor for registration of his license in 2022, state vigilance and anti-corruption bureau officials said on Thursday.

The convicts were Naveen Kumar Yadav, 36, and Chander Shekhar, 41, who worked as an executive engineer and computer operator for the department.

The court of additional sessions judge Sunil Chauhan also imposed a fine of Rs.5000 on each convict. The court observed that the offences established against the convicts are serious in nature. "They misused their official positions while processing the complai...