A Delhi court today deferred the pronouncement of order on a plea by a body of victims of 1997 Uphaar fire tragedy seeking rejection of CBI's report giving a clean chit to former IPS officer Amod Kanth in the case.The court of Metropolitan Magistrate Sanjeev Kumar has fixed the matter for August nine for pronouncing the decision on the petition by Association of Victims of Uphaar Tragedy and CBI's closure report disfavouring prosecution of Kanth.AVUT alleged Kanth, as the then Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police (Licencing), had allowed extra seats in Uphaar cinema hall's balcony which allegedly led to closure of exit gates, leading to the death of 59 people due to asphyxia following smoke caused by the fire during the screening of Hindi film “Border”.Earlier, CBI, in pursuance of a Delhi High Court order, had filed a report after probing the role of Kanth and favoured his non-prosecution, saying he did not commit any offence and had acted as per the technical advice.
News On AIR | August 4, 2010 6:03 PM
Court defers judgement in Uphaar fire tragedy case