Life term sought for Indian-American Couple

Maximum sentence for a multi-millionaire Indian-American couple convicted of modern day slavery, U.S. prosecutors have recommended that the main accused, Varsha Sabhnani, be handed down a 30-year jail term.

Prosecutors have sought a prison term of 12 to 15 years for Varsha’s India-born husband Mahender.After a six-week trial, the couple with flourishing international perfume business was convicted by a jury in December for torturing two Indonesian women they had kept as domestic help as also harbouring illegal aliens.