2013 Muzaffarnagar riots: Court acquits four ‘attackers’ due to ‘lack of evidence’ | India News – Times of India
AGRA: A local court in UP acquitted four persons accused in one of the cases involving the "attack" on a family during communal riots in parts of Muzaffarnagar and neighbouring areas on Sept 7, 2013, after "witnesses turned hostile and the victim retracted his statement". This particular case relates to an incident in district's Bahawari village under Phugana limits.District govt counsel, Rajeev Sharma, said on Saturday, "After examining details and hearing both sides, the SC/ST court of special judge in Muzaffarnagar while giving the benefit of doubt to accused due to lack of sufficient evidence, acquitted all four men on Friday."The 'victim' Ishtiaq alias Iqbal, now 45, a resident of Bahawari, had filed the case on Oct 2, 2013, claiming some armed men, including Bittu, Rajeev, Arvind and...