Indian courtroom fingers down eleven life sentences for 2002 anti-Muslim rioting

 

An Indian court docket handed existence imprisonment sentences Friday to 11 of 24 human beingsconvicted in a bloodbath at some stage in anti-Muslim rioting in 2002.

Sixty-nine human beings died when a predominately Hindu mob attacked and burned the Gulbarg Society, a Muslim community of about 30 houses and 10 condominium homes in the city of Ahmedabad. Amongstfolks that died was Ehsan Jafri, a prominent former member of parliament.

Greater than 1,000 humans across India, primarily Muslims, died in rioting initiated by a fire aboard a trainwhich killed 60 Hindu pilgrims. The Gulbarg assault passed off the day after the educate changed intostruck via arson.

Critics of modern-day Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turned into leader minister of Gujaratcountry, where the Gulbarg incident took place, say he did little to stop the rioting. Modi has denied wrongdoing, and a Ultimate courtroom panel, mentioning insufficient evidence, declined to prosecute him in 2013.

Of the alternative 24 convicted, eleven received life in jail; 12 were given prison sentences of 7 years for crimes inclusive of rioting and arson; and an extra obtained a 10yr sentence which included a conviction for try to murder.

The trial lasted seven years, and 36 people had been acquitted.

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