Court holds 10 guilty for Tamil Nadu school fire

Chennai, July 30 (IANS) A Thanjavur court Thursday held 10 people guilty and acquitted 11 others in the Kumbakonam school fire accident in Tamil Nadu that killed 94 children and left 18 injured in 2004. The judgment comes a decade after the...

Court holds 10 guilty for Tamil Nadu school fire

Chennai, July 30 (IANS) A Thanjavur court Thursday held 10 people guilty and acquitted 11 others in the Kumbakonam school fire accident in Tamil Nadu that killed 94 children and left 18 injured in 2004.

The judgment comes a decade after the accident that occurred at the Sri Krishna Middle School July 16, 2004.

Members of the school management are among those convicted.