Uphaar fire: Gopal Ansal jailed for one year

Court felt that Rs 30 crore fine was not sufficient in view of the irreparable loss of lives.

New Delhi: In a 2:1 verdict, the Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced Uphaar cinema co-owner 69-year-old Gopal Ansal to one year imprisonment in the 1997 Uphaar cinema tragedy which killed 59 people in the capital.