Muzaffarnagar : Seven people who were found guilty of killing two men in an attack that is said to have triggered riots in western Uttar Pradesh’s Muzaffarnagar in 2013 have been sentenced to life in prison today. The Muzaffarnagar riots, one of the worst communal clashes in Uttar Pradesh’s history, had led to the killings of 66 people and over 50,000 were displaced.
Muzammil, Mujassim, Furkan, Nadeem, Janangir, Afzal and Ikbal – were convicted for killing two men in Kawal village and rioting – by a local court in Muzaffarnagar on Wednesday.
The clashes that broke out in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts after the two killings saw the deployment of the Army in the state for the first time in 20 years.
More than 6,000 cases had been filed after the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots and nearly 1,500 people were arrested. The case, investigated by a Special Investigation Team or SIT, had filed 175 chargesheets.
A probe into the riots had given a clean chit to the then Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party government in Uttar Pradesh and blamed the local police and officials for misjudging and mishandling the situation.
After the Yogi Adityanath government came to power in Uttar Pradesh in 2017, BJP leaders from western UP, some of whom are named in cases related to the Muzaffarnagar riots, approached the chief minister for withdrawal of cases against those who they say had been falsely implicated. The Yogi Adityanath government has moved to withdraw 38 cases so far, but those concerning BJP leaders continue to remain on track for now.
With inputs from PTI
Killing,arson,loot,rape are done by hindus on a larger scale in every riot, because of being in power and in majority. Hence no punishment because India is ruled by majoritarianism.
Seriously, MUSLIMs|!!
Where were hindus? Milking COW? LOL
SHAME on this news.
Jab aag dilo me lag gai ho..toh kuch ghar jalenge hi. I am not in support of violence, but i support hindu becoming communal to counter radical islam in my country.