16 ex-UP policemen get life in jail after 31 years for killing 42
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sentenced 16 former policemen to life imprisonment for murdering 42 Muslims in Uttar Pradesh's Meerut during communal riots in 1987. The high court overturned a trial court judgement, which had cleared the personnel. Terming the Hashimpura incident as "targeted killing" of unarmed and defenceless people, the court imposed a fine of â¹10,000 per convict.