Kumbakonam school fire tragedy: 10 convicted
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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