A 25-year-old Indian-origin man from Singapore was sentenced to greater than a yr in jail and fined SGD2,000 for his position in a combat impressed by rival gangs at a resort in 2023 through which one particular person died.
Sharvin Jay Nair pleaded responsible on Tuesday to at least one rely of voluntarily inflicting hurt to Mohammad Isrrat Mohd Ismail, who died after a combat at a resort within the Orchard Highway vacationer belt, The Straits Instances newspaper reported.
Nair, who additionally admitted to different costs, was sentenced to 12 months and eight weeks in jail by a Singapore court docket.
Greater than 10 males have been charged for his or her alleged involvement within the combat.
Amongst them is one other man of Indian origin, Asvain Pachan Pillai Sukumaran, 29, who faces a homicide cost for allegedly killing Isrrat.
Deputy Prosecutor Kathy Chu mentioned the 2 teams concerned within the combat belonged to 2 rival secret societies.
These convicted of voluntarily inflicting hurt could be sentenced to a jail sentence of as much as three years and a high-quality of as much as SGD 5,000, or each.
