Ansal brothers gets seven years in jail for evidence tampering

Chief metropolitan magistrate Pankaj Sharma also imposed a fine of Rs 2.25 crore each on the Ansals

Uphaar Tragedy: Non-bailable warrants against accused Sushil, Gopal Ansal

Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Deepak Sherawat issued the non-bailable warrants against them.

The kins of people who lost their lives in the fire believes that justice was still denied to them.

However, it had modified its similar order for Gopal Ansal and ordered him to undergo remaining part of the one- year imprisonment.

Earlier this month, Gopal Ansal surrendered before the Tihar jail authorities after the Supreme Court refused to grant him more time.

Gopal Ansal was jailed earlier in connection with the case related to a fire tragedy in which 59 persons died in Uphaar cinema.

Supreme Court sentenced Gopal Ansal to one-year jail term on February 9, while, his elder brother Sushil was allowed to skip prison term.

Ram Jethmalani submitted that Gopal Ansal was surviving on charity and that some indulgence be shown to reduce the sentence.

59 persons had died in the Uphaar cinema during the screening of Hindi movie 'Border' on June 13, 1997.

At least 59 people had died and over 100 others were injured in the stampede after fire broke out in Uphaar cinema on June, 1997.