Sitamarhi: All 15 accused including one MLA and two former MPs have been sentenced to 10 years imprisonment by Chief Judicial Magistrate Court.
The case is related to an attack on Sitamarhi collectorate and subsequent police firing in which five persons were killed in 1998.
Those convicted include BJP MLA Ram Naresh Yadav, former JD(U) MP from Sitamarhi Nawal Kishore Rai, former Sheohar MP and RJD leader Anwarul Haq, Rashtriya Lok Samata Party (RLSP) district president Ram Lashan Singh Kushwaha and general secretary Mohan Kumar Singh.
The case pertains to an incident on August 11, 1998 when the convicted political leaders led a huge crowd after severe floods in the district to demonstrate at Sitamarhi collectorate.
The demonstration turned violent and the people participating in it ransacked the premises, indulged in stone throwing and attacked government officials working there.
The police had to resort to lathicharge and firing to control the situation. Five persons were killed in the police action.
The then Sitamarhi district magistrate Ramnandan Prasad and superintendent of police Paresh Saxena had registered an FIR against 60 persons at Dumra police station. However, 45 of them were set free by the court in the absence of proof.
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