Muzaffarnagar riots: Three years on, police yet to chargesheet BJP candidate in two cases

Lucknow | Wednesday | 18th January, 2017

Summary:

The state police are yet to file chargesheets against BJP candidate from Sardhana seat in Meerut Sangeet Singh Som in two cases related to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, three-and-half years after these cases were registered. An official from Facebook had also visited Muzaffarnagar two years ago to collect information about the case, alleged sources. The SIT had also chargesheeted Som in another case on charges of delivering an inflammatory speech at a mahapanchayat held in Muzaffarnagar on September 7, hours before the riots began. “During investigation, police found that Kumar and Som had removed all details including friend lists from their Facebook account. A Special Investigation Team (SIT) has been probing both cases..