Three Indian-origin men guilty of brandishing weapons during a large-scale fight at a Derby kabaddi event in the East Midlands region of England two years ago have been jailed for a total of over 11 years by a United Kingdom court.
Damanjit Singh, 35, Boota Singh, 35, and Rajvinder Takhar Singh, 42, were all involved in the violent disorder at the kabaddi tournament in Alvaston in 2023 that left a number of people injured, Derbyshire Police said in a statement on Friday (December 19).
They denied all the charges against them but were found guilty after a trial at Derby Crown Court last month.
“Officers were called to the scene, off Elvaston Lane, just before 4 p.m. on Sunday 20 August (2023) after reports of shots being fired and people fighting with weapons,” Derbyshire Police said.
“Boota Singh was seen on video footage from the event running after the opposing group. While he didn’t have a weapon with him at the time of the violence, when police stopped his car two days later, officers found two machetes in the boot.
