An Indian businessman, who owns a well-known biryani restaurant here, was on Monday sentenced to six years in jail and six strokes of the cane for conspiring to have a man from a rival eatery slashed for selling the same delicacy next door in 2016, according to a media report.

Zackeer Abbass Khan, 49, who owns the Zam Zam restaurant was found guilty after a long-running trial of conspiring with several others to have Victory restaurant supervisor Liakath Ali Mohamed Ibrahim slashed and scarred for selling the same delicacies next door, Channel News Asia reported.

While Zackeer has been jailed, he intends to appeal, his lawyer said. Zackeer had instructed business associate and friend Anwer Ambiya Kadir Maideen, 50, to attack Liakath. Anwer, also of Indian-origin and the middleman in the scheme, was given five-and-a-half years’ in jail.