HC overturns acquittal of 20 accused in Mirchpur killings
The Delhi High Court has overturned the acquittal of 20 accused and enhanced punishment of nine convicts to life imprisonment in 2010 Mirchpur killings case. A 70-year-old man and his teenage differently-abled daughter were burnt alive when a mob set ablaze several Dalit houses in Haryana's Mirchpur. The incident was a result of a clash between Jat and Dalit communities.