Muzaffarnagar riots: Court acquits 10 in double murder case

MUZAFFARNAGAR: A local court today acquitted ten persons in connection with the killing of a woman and a boy during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots due to lack of evidence.

It is the first case of the riots in which accused were acquitted by the court.

Additional District and Sessions judge Arvind Kumar Upadhyay acquitted the persons who were accused of burning a 30-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy alive as well as severely injuring another woman at Lank village during the Muzaffarnagar riots.

According to the prosecution, the persons were also accused of rioting in the area.

A case was filed against them under relevant sections of IPC on the complaint of family members of the victims.

A Special Investigation Team ( SIT) probing the riots had filed a charge sheet against the accused.