Khora Badshah gets life for 2011 hooch deaths

Kolkata: After finding him guilty in the death of 172 people in 2011, in Bengal’s worst ever hooch tragedy, an Alipore court on Monday sentenced Nur Islam Fakir alias Khora Badshah to life imprisonment. Badshah is likely to challenge the verdict in high court.

The Alipore court on Saturday held Badshah guilty under various penal sections, including murder. While the judge was hearing the last submissions before announcing the punishment, Badshah tried to bring up his physical handicap and t that he had four children.

Public prosecutor Tamal Mukherjee, however, pleaded that Badshah, having been convicted of murder, should be hanged since the hooch tragedy fell within the ambit of “rarest of rare” cases. Judge Pushpal Satpathi took a 10-minute break after hearing both sides before delivering the judgement.

Tanima Bewa, who lost her husband in the incident, or Md Ghiasuddin and Kashinath Ghosh, who lost their sight, said they had expected Badshah to be hanged. “My children are barely surviving from the little I can earn. Badshah has taken everything from me. At least, he cannot come out of jail now,” said Tanima.


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