11 Get Life Sentences for Involvement in Gujarat Riots

An Indian court has handed down life terms to 11 Hindus convicted of murder in one of the massacres during deadly riots that swept India’s Gujarat state 16 years ago when Prime Minister Narendra Modi headed the state administration. Twelve others, found guilty of lesser crimes, were sentenced by the special court to seven years in jail, while one man was given a 10-year prison term. Friday’s sentencing involved one of the worst episodes of violence in which a Hindu mob stormed a...

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