A powerful Indian politician is sentenced to 14 years in prison for embezzling 37 million rupees ($570,000) from a state government’s treasury while he was the state’s top elected official.

A special court in India hands down a three and a half years of imprisonment to senior opposition politician Lalu Prasad Yadav, head of Rashtriya Janata Dal, in connection with a case filed for embezzling Rs 950 crore.

A trial court in India convicts senior Indian opposition politician Lalu Prasad Yadav in a corruption case and he was promptly sent to high-security jail.