Riot Kingpin Awarded Life Term
Updated on 27 November, 2007
The riot cases were reopened by Nitish govt after the culprits escaped conviction due to non evidence for 15 years. Nitish led govt reopened the Bhagalpur riot cases and a fresh investigation was ordered in order to bring the real culprits in justice.Justice Shambhu Nath Mishra while convicting Kameshwar Yadav described Yadav as the kingpin of the riots that cause more than 1000 lives. Kameshwar was convicted on the basis of case filed by a riot victim in which the victim had accused Kameshwar for killing the victim's son brutally.