Warrant against UP minister, BJP MLAs in Muzaffarnagar riots


Muzaffarnagar, Dec 16 (PTI): A local court has issued non-bailable warrants against UP minister Suresh Rana, former Union minister Sanjiv Balyan, BJP MLAs Sangeet Som and Umesh Malik and others in connection with a 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case following permission from the state government to prosecute them.

Additional chief judicial magistrate Madhu Gupta yesterday issued the fresh non bailable warrants and asked the accused to appear in court on January 19, 2018, according to officials of Special Investigation Team (SIT).

The SIT had sought permission from the UP government to prosecute the accused under Section 153A of IPC for allegedly making hate speeches and the state government has permitted it, they said.

It is alleged that the accused participated in a mahapanchyat and incited violence through their speeches in the last week of August 2013.

They are also facing charges under various sections of IPC for allegedly violating prohibitory orders, deterring public servants from discharging thier duties and wrongful restraint.

The communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas in August and September 2013 had claimed more than 60 lives while over 40,000 people were displaced.

  

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  • Santan Mascarenhas, Kinnigoli/Mumbai

    Sat, Dec 16 2017

    "God sees the truth, but waits" Leo Tolstoy.
    God waits before delivering his justice, not because he wants to hurt you but because the most appropriate punishment that the criminal deserves, and the most appropriate compensation that the victim deserves, can be awarded, as per his plan.

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  • Devkumar, Mangalore/New Delhi

    Sat, Dec 16 2017

    U.P is now considered to be a peaceful state.
    It's due to efforts of some of dignataries.

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  • Swamy, Mangalore

    Sat, Dec 16 2017

    Yeah, you are right because one by one all BJP rowdy ministers will be arrested and tried.

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Sat, Dec 16 2017

    Jungle Raj by BJP's Yogi ...

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