New Delhi:
A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced Dinesh Yadav – the first person convicted in connection with the violent riots that swept parts of the national capital in February 2020 – to five years in jail.
He must also pay a fine of ₹ 12,000, his lawyer Shikha Garg was quoted by news agency PTI.
The detailed order of his sentencing has not yet been released.
Yadav also becomes the first person to be sentenced in connection with the riots.
Dinesh Yadav had been convicted last month for being a member of an unlawful assembly and rioting, and taking part in robbing and burning down the house of a 73-year-old woman.
