Many BJP leaders, including State Minister Kapil Dev, were kept in judicial custody for three hours.
Many BJP leaders including State Minister Kapil Dev Aggarwal, former ministers Suresh Rana and Ashok Kataria, former BJP MLA Ashok Kansal, former MP Bharatendu Singh, accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots case of giving inflammatory speeches and violating prohibitory orders, appeared in Muzaffarnagar. MP-MLA Court. Arrest warrants were issued for him. He got his warrant withdrawn in court. He was subsequently kept in judicial custody for about three hours.
All of them are accused of making inflammatory speeches and violating prohibitory orders in Nangla Madaud Panchayat during the Muzaffarnagar riots in 2013. An arrest warrant has again been issued against one of the accused, Yati Narasimhanand, a priest of the Dasna temple. He did not appear in court again as before. Special Judge Devendra Faujdar has fixed the date of November 16 for framing of charges against all the accused in the court and has ordered all the accused to appear before the court on that day.
Riots broke out in 2013.
The court has released the accused on bail of Rs 1 lakh each. On August 31, 2013, a Panchayat was held in Nangla Mandaur of Muzaffarnagar in which the accused made provocative speeches among the crowd, following which riots broke out in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli. In which more than 60 people lost their lives. In this riot, houses, shops and other property were set on fire and destroyed. More than 40 thousand people were displaced due to this riot.
The hearing continues in the MP-MLA court
Prosecutor Neeraj Singh said that in this case, State Minister Kapil Dev Aggarwal, former Union Minister Sanjeev Balyan, former Minister Suresh Rana, former MP Bharatendu Singh, former MPs Umesh Malik and Ashok Kansal, leader of VHP Sadhvi Prachi, Dasna Yeti Temple priest Narsimhanand a case was registered against 20 people including them. Following this, the SIT investigated and submitted two separate chargesheets before the court. The case is being heard by MP-MLA Court High Division civil judge Devendra Faujdar.