New Delhi, Sept. 24 -- Delhi's Karkardooma Court on Thursday sentenced five persons for attacking the police during North East Delhi riots of 2020. These five convicts were members of an unlawful assembly who attacked the police team when it was trying to control the riots in the area under Bhajanpura Police Station.

"The act of assault and obstruction caused thereby to the policemen who were trying to suppress this riot is another aggravating circumstance," the court said.

Earlier, on September 9, the court had convicted them for the offences of rioting (section 147 IPC), being a member of an unlawful assembly (section 49 IPC), obstructing the public servant from discharging his public duty (section 186 IPC), assaulting a public servan...