AAP legislator Pawan Kumar Sharma has been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for causing death due to negligence.

NEW DELHI: AAP legislator Pawan Kumar Sharma has been sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment for causing death due to negligence.

Metropolitan magistrate Virender Singh awarded the jail term to the Adarsh Nagar MLA while deciding a case of death of an employee at a steel factory owned by Sharma. A fine of Rs 1 lakh was also slapped on Sharma, who was granted on bail. The MLA was convicted of offences under sections 287 (negligent conduct with respect to machinery) and 304A (causing death by negligence) of IPC.

According to prosecution, the incident occurred in August 2009 when the worker, Raj Kumar, operating a rolling machine was hurt by chips flying from it at the said steel factory in Samaipur Badli. He was taken to a hospital in Rohini where he succumbed to his injuries.

Police had said that many workers, including Kumar, had complained about defects in the machine to Sharma. But, the police alleged, Sharma paid no heed to it and asked them to quit instead.

