Muzaffarnagar
The Uttar Pradesh Government has decided to withdraw 18 cases related to Muzaffarnagar riots and asked the district authorities to approach the court, sources said Special Secretary JJ Singh has directed Muzaffarnagar District Magistrate Rajeev Sharma to withdraw the cases that were filed under Sections 147,148 and 397, IPC.

The directive came after the Yogi Adityanath government sought details of 125 cases filed related to the riots in 2013. Several leaders of the ruling BJP, including MPs Sanjeev Balyan and Bharatendra Singh, MLAs Sangeet Som and Umesh Malik, are named in these cases. Minister Suresh Rana and Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi too are among the accused. However, the cases asked to be withdrawn do not include the names of these leaders.