Thursday, May 12 2005 11:21 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Bhagalpur: A local court today (May 12, 2005) sentenced ten people to life imprisonment in a case related to the infamous communal riots in Bhagalpur in 1989 in which over 1000 people were killed.

Additional district and sessions judge Navneet Kumar Sinha, who had convicted these people on May 9, announced the sentence today.

Thirteen other accused in the case were acquitted.

Those convicted are out of the 23 accused in the case charged with being involved in the killing of five persons at Kamarganj village under Sultanganj police station on October 14, 1989. A case was registered against the accused on the basis of a complaint of one Badrul Islam.

Those awarded life imprisonment are Dhruv Bhagat, Jaijai Yadav, Tarkeshwar Yadav, Ramvilas Yadav, Harikishore Yadav, Nero Yadav, Siyaram Yadav, Rajkishore Yadav, Arun Mandal and Saryu Mandal.