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Uphaar cinema fire tragedy: Delhi court sentences Ansal brothers to 7-year jail term for tampering evidence

<span style="color: #222222;">A Delhi court awarded 7-year jail terms to real estate tycoons Sushil and Gopal Ansal for tampering with evidence in the Uphaar cinema fire case. The court also imposed a fine of ?2.25 crore each on the Ansals.<br />''<br />''The court also awarded a 7-year-jail term each to former court staff Dinesh Chand Sharma and two others – P P Batra and Anoop Singh and a fine of ?3 lakh each on them.<br />''<br />''The Ansals were found guilty of evidence tampering in the main fire tragedy case in which they were convicted and sentenced to 2-year jail term by the Supreme Court.<br />''<br />''The top court, however, released them taking into account the prison time they had done on the condition that they pay ?30 crores fine each, to be used for building a trauma center in the National capital.<br />''<br />''The fire that claimed 59 lives, had broken out at the Uphaar cinema during a film show on June 13, 1997.</span>

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