Let alone learn from the Uphaar Cinema hall fire 25 years ago, we have not made even our hospitals safe. Last year, Maharashtra witnessed six hospital fires in which 55 perished, including new-borns and Covid patients.
The Delhi High Court rejected the plea by Ansal Brothers, Gopal and Sushil Ansal, seeking suspension of their seven-year sentence for evidence tampering in connection with the 1997 Uphaar Cinema fire tragedy.
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.
Uphaar tragedy case: While the pleas of the owners of Uphaar Cinema the Ansal brothers were rejected, the plea of former employee Anoop Singh Karayat was accepted.
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