Five Indian-origin men sentenced to jail, canned over brawl at Singapore hotel
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Five Indian-origin men sentenced to jail and caning for riot leading to bouncer's death in Singapore.
Five Indian-origin men were sentenced to jail terms between two and three years and caning for being part of a riot that led to the death of a former bouncer at a Singapore hotel.
Sridharan Elangovan was given 36 months in jail and six strokes of the cane; Manojkumar Velayanatham was given 30 months in jail and four strokes; Sashikumar Pakirsamy was given 24 months in jail and two strokes; Puthenvilla Keith Peter was given 26 months' jail and three strokes; and Raja Rishi was given 30 months' jail and four strokes.
Each of them pleaded guilty to a charge of rioting at Singapore's Concorde Hotel and Shopping Mall in 2023, a Channel News report said.
Sridharan, 30, Manojkumar, 32, and Sashikumar, 34, were members of a secret society group.
Another man, Asvain Pachan Pillai Sukumaran, 30, was earlier handed a murder charge after he allegedly killed former bouncer Mohammad Isrrat Mohd Ismail, 29. The Indian-origin man’s case is pending.
Six other men, between 25 and 33 years old, were named in court documents as co-accused who took part in the riot.
Isrrat and his friend Muhammad Shahrulnizam Osman, 30, were former bouncers at Club Rumours and members of another secret society.
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