A Patiala House Court has sent Former Union Minister Sukh Ram, convicted in a 1993 telecom scam, to jail in ambulance to serve his three-year sentence. Earlier, Sukh Ram arrived at the court complex today in ambulance in pursuance of court orders to surrender.

Sukh Ram was directed by the Supreme Court to surrender before the trial court on January 5, but he avoided the same citing medical reasons.

Sukh Ram, Telecom minister between January 18, 1993 and May 16, 1996 in the Narasimha Rao Government, had conspired with former bureaucrat Runu Ghosh and Hyderabad-based businessman P. Rama Rao and approved the ARM Ltd's bid despite its rates being higher than other bidders. Runu Ghosh and Rama Rao have surrendered before the trial court and were sent to jail to serve their sentence of two and three years respectively.

Besides the jail term, the convicts were also asked to pay a fine of Rs. 2 lakh each.