Phulbani (Orissa), Jul 27 (PTI) Five persons were sentenced to six years in jail by a fast track court here for setting on fire houses during the communal riots in tribal-dominated Kandhamal district 11 months ago.
Fast track court-I judge S K Das also imposed a fine of Rs 5,000 each on the convicts - Durbasa Kanhara, Bisara Kanhara, Rabi Kanhara, Gupteswar Kanhara and Naresh Kanhara of Salaguda village.
The convicts were also given an imprisonment for two years in a separate case of assembling in an unlawful manner along with weapons.
Two others - Umesh Kanhara and Sukdev Kanhara - were acquitted for lack of evidence in the case relating to attacking and torching of houses of minority members on September 13, 2008.
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