Muzaffarnagar Riots: Court Allows Withdrawal of Case against 25 BJP Leaders, Hindu Activists

MUZAFFARNAGAR (UP): A special MP-MLA court has allowed the prosecution to withdraw a case against 25 BJP leaders and Hindu activists, including Uttar Pradesh minister Kapil Dev Agarwal, former Union minister Sanjeev Balyan and former state minister Suresh Rana, in connection with the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate/MP-MLA court judge Devendra Kumar Faujdar allowed the prosecution’s application on Wednesday, prosecution officer Rahul Singh said. The accused were facing trial for allegedly violating prohibitory orders, obstructing public servants and inciting communal tension through speeches at a mahapanchayat in Nagla Mador on July 31, 2013.