<p class="bodytext">Additional JMFC court declared Niranjan Chidanand Bhat guilty of impersonating former president of India A P J Abdul Kalam and sentenced him to three years rigorous imprisonment on Monday. He was also slapped with a fine of Rs 7,000.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhat began using the former president’s name when he was still alive. Besides impersonation, he forged the former president’s signature and created fake documents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also created an email-id apj_abdulkalam@in.co at the cyber centre ‘Surf N View’ near Karavali junction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He sent a mail attached with a recommendation letter bearing the forged signature of Dr Kalam in which he nominated himself for the American Engineers Organisation’s Hoover award.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also mailed a recommendation letter to Goswami D Yogi in New York with the help of the fake e-mail he created. The letter sought details of a 50 MW solar thermal plant project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhat also attempted to hoodwink officials by trying to prove that all the documents he sent were genuine. This forgery came to the notice of district intelligence department which lodged a complaint. The case was investigated by I Ganesh Hedge, who subsequently filed a charge sheet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The case was argued by the then public prosecutor Mamthaz and the present assistant public prosecutor Jayanti K.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Additional JMFC court declared Niranjan Chidanand Bhat guilty of impersonating former president of India A P J Abdul Kalam and sentenced him to three years rigorous imprisonment on Monday. He was also slapped with a fine of Rs 7,000.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhat began using the former president’s name when he was still alive. Besides impersonation, he forged the former president’s signature and created fake documents.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also created an email-id apj_abdulkalam@in.co at the cyber centre ‘Surf N View’ near Karavali junction.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He sent a mail attached with a recommendation letter bearing the forged signature of Dr Kalam in which he nominated himself for the American Engineers Organisation’s Hoover award.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He also mailed a recommendation letter to Goswami D Yogi in New York with the help of the fake e-mail he created. The letter sought details of a 50 MW solar thermal plant project.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Bhat also attempted to hoodwink officials by trying to prove that all the documents he sent were genuine. This forgery came to the notice of district intelligence department which lodged a complaint. The case was investigated by I Ganesh Hedge, who subsequently filed a charge sheet.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The case was argued by the then public prosecutor Mamthaz and the present assistant public prosecutor Jayanti K.</p>