This Article is From Jul 05, 2023

10 Years Of Jail For 10 Convicts In Tabrez Ansari's Mob Killing

Tabrez Ansari, who was accused of stealing a motorcycle, was beaten up by a mob. A video showed that he was purportedly made to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Jai Hanuman' in the Saraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. He later died.

10 Years Of Jail For 10 Convicts In Tabrez Ansari's Mob Killing

The court pronounced the quantum of punishment on Wednesday. (Representational)

Seraikela, Jharkhand:

A court in Jharkhand's Seraikela-Kharswan district on Wednesday sentenced 10 people to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment in the Tabrez Ansari lynching case of June 2019.

Tabrez Ansari, who was accused of stealing a motorcycle, was beaten up by a mob. A video showed that he was purportedly made to chant 'Jai Shri Ram' and 'Jai Hanuman' in the Saraikela Kharsawan district of Jharkhand. He later died.

Additional District Judge-I Amit Shekhar convicted the 10 and acquitted two other accused persons due to lack of evidence on June 27.

The court pronounced the quantum of punishment on Wednesday.

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