New Delhi, Nov. 4 -- New Delhi's Karkardooma Court sentenced six individuals to imprisonment ranging from six months to three years in connection with rioting, arson and violation of orders passed by a public servant during the Northeast Delhi riots of February 2020. Each convict has also been fined Rs 61,000.

This case pertains to an FIR lodged in Police Station Khajuri Khas during the North East Riots in February 2020. The articles from the shop of Vakeel Ahmed were taken out and burnt by the rioters in the Sadat Pur area under the Khajuri Khas Police Station.

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Parveen Singh sentenced Hari Om Gupta, Gorakh Nath, Bhim Sain, Kapil Pandey, Rohit Gautam and Basant Kumar under sections 188, 147, 148, 435 and ...