A city court on Thursday sentenced former Congress member of Parliament R.Anbarasu, his wife and another person to two years of imprisonment for dishonouring a cheque and failure to repay Rs 35 lakh to a financier.

Fast Track Court-IV Magistrate N. Kothandaraj passed the order in connection with a criminal petition filed by financier S Mukanchand Bothra, who stated that trustees of Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Educational Charitable Trust including R. Anbarasu and his wife Kamala took a loan of Rs 35 lakh in 2002, but returned a cheque for Rs. 35 lakh that bounced due to insufficient funds.

However, their sentence had been suspended till June 5 after an appeal from them.