Muzaffarnagar riots: Bail plea of two accused rejected

MUZZAFARNAGAR: A local court rejected the bail plea of two men accused of being involved in the murder of four persons during riots in Lank village in Muzaffarnagar.

Bail pleas of Rupender and Mahak Singh were rejected yesterday by the district sessions court judge Rama Jain, who said that there was no case of bail here. According to the prosecution, Meherdin, Rahis, Tahir and Wahid were killed in the riots on September 8, 2013. Wahid was burnt alive, they said.

Police had registered two cases in connection with Meherdin's killing while one case for the murder of Rahisa Tahir and Wahid. More than 60 persons were killed and over 40,000 displaced in communal violence that had broken out in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas in September this year.