The District and Sessions Court here on Thursday convicted 22 persons in connection with riots that broke out following the death of 26-year-old Shameel Ahamed in 2015, who was taken in for questioning by Pallikonda police in connection with a missing woman’s case and later succumbed to injuries at a government hospital in Chennai.
Judge S. Meenakumari delivered the verdict, sentencing 22 persons in the case. Of the 22 convicted, two were given 14 years of imprisonment while others received jail terms between two years and seven years along with fine.
