Uphaar fire tragedy: Delhi court awards 7-year jail terms to Sushil and Gopal Ansal in evidence tampering case
The Hindu
The case is related to tampering with the evidence in the main fire tragedy case in which the Ansals were convicted and sentenced to 2-year jail term by the Supreme Court
A Delhi court on November 8 awarded 7-year jail terms to for tampering with evidence in the 1997 case of which had claimed 59 lives.
Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Pankaj Sharma also imposed a fine of ₹2.25 crore each on the Ansals.
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