Uphaar Cinema Fire: Ansal Brothers' Plea For Suspension Of Jail Term Rejected
NDTV
At least 59 people died of asphyxia and over 100 others were injured in the stampede after fire broke out in Uphaar cinema on June 13, 1997.
The Delhi High Court today rejected petitions by real estate barons Sushil and Gopal Ansal seeking a suspension of their seven-year jail term for tampering the evidence linked to a fire in Delhi's Uphaar Cinema in 1997 that killed 59 people.
The brothers have been in jail since November 2021, after a trial court awarded them seven-year imprisonment and Rs 2.25-crore fine each. They still have the option of appealing against the order in the Supreme Court.
The court convicted businessmen Sushil Ansal and Gopal Ansal along with their two employees in the case related to tampering with the crucial evidence in the 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy case.
Along with Ansal brothers, a court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma and other individuals PP Batra, Har Swaroop Panwar, Anoop Singh, and Dharamvir Malhotra were booked in the tampering of evidence case.
