AGRA, May 28 -- A special SC/ST court in Agra has convicted 35 accused in a 1990 case involving a violent attack by members of the Jat community on a Dalit locality in Akola village under the Fatehpur Sikri area of the district. The incident left at least 100 people injured.

Out of the 74 people originally charge-sheeted in 1994, 22 died during the course of litigation, while 15 were acquitted due to lack of evidence. Two of the accused who were minors at the time of the incident were tried in a juvenile court.

Out of the 35 accused held guilty, three did not appear before the court on Wednesday. Non-bailable warrants (NBWs) were issued against them and they were sent to jail.

The chargesheet was filed against 74 accused in 1994 in a c...