MUZAFFARNAGAR: An area court docket has acquitted six individuals accused of selling spiritual enmity and committing different offences throughout the 2013 communal riots in Muzaffarnagar district as a result of inadequate proof.
Umesh, Devendra, Pintu, Lalut Kumar, Vinod and Arvind had been booked by the particular investigation workforce (SIT) probing the riots circumstances below sections 153A (selling enmity between completely different teams on grounds of faith, race), 147 (rioting), 392 (theft), and 436 (mischief by hearth) of the IPC.
Extra District Classes Choose Nishant Dev acquitted the six accused as a result of lack of proof, defence counsel Chandra Vir Singh mentioned.
The SIT had filed a chargesheet within the court docket on the idea of a grievance by Kasimuddin, a riot sufferer, who alleged that rioters had entered his dwelling in Simbhalka village below Shamli Kotwali within the district on September 8, 2013 and set it on hearth after looting all the property.
Over 60 individuals died within the communal clashes and 40,000 had been displaced.
