Little India riot: Indian national gets 9 months

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A 28-year-old Indian national has been sentenced to nine months’ jail for his role in the Little India riot.

Palanivel Dhasmohan, the 13th man to be sentenced for his involvement in the incident on Dec 8 last year, pleaded guilty to one charge of being part of an unlawful assembly that aimed to overawe, by show of criminal force, public servants carrying out their duties to maintain law and order in the vicinity of Race Course Road.

For being part of an unlawful assembly, Dhasmohan could have been jailed for two years and fined.

The riot at the junction of Race Course Road and Hampshire Road was sparked off by an accident in which a private bus knocked down and killed construction worker Sakthivel Kumaravelu, 33.