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Kumbakonam school fire tragedy: 10 convicted

Kumbakonam school fire tragedy: 10 convicted

India Blooms News Service | | 30 Jul 2014, 11:48 am
Thanjavur, July 30 (IBNS): A District and Sessions Court in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday convicted 10 people in connection with the Kumbakonam school fire tragedy case which left 94 people killed in 2004.

The convicts include the owner and the principal of the school.

The court acquitted  11 people including three teachers.The chargesheet filed by the prosecution had named 21 people.

On July 17, the final arguments into the case had concluded at the District and Sessions Court in Thanjavur.

Inbaraj, who lost both his sons Praveen Raj and Anand Raj, told NDTV: "The punishment should be so stringent that it should be a lesson for others. None should suffer like us, losing children."

Ninety-four children were killed as a fire broke out at a school in  Kumbakonam town in Tamil Nadu on July 16, 2004.

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