NEW DELHI, Nov 26, 2015 (AFP) - An Indian court has sentenced two medical workers to a year in prison for embezzling 11 rupees (17 cents) in public funds more than 25 years ago, lawyers said Thursday.
The two -- a nurse and a medical assistant -- were found guilty of inflating the number of sterilisation procedures they helped to perform in 1989 to boost their earnings.
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