AGENCIES / New Delhi
The Uttar Pradesh government has withdrawn 77 cases related to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal riots that involved offences attracting life sentence without giving any reasons, the Supreme Court was told on Tuesday.
A Bench led by Chief Justice NV Ramana is likely to take up the matter on Wednesday. In his report filed in the court, senior advocate and amicus curiae Vijay Hansaria told the court that the state government has informed that total of 510 cases relating to Muzaffarnagar riots of 2013 were registered in five districts of Meerut zone against 6,869 accused.