Despite the Uttar Pradesh government seeking closure of 74 cases relating to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots, it has failed to get courts' permission to withdraw even a single case, a senior official said Wednesday.
"The state government has issued 10 different notifications in over the last six months to withdraw a total of 74 riot cases," Additional District Magistrate Amit Kumar Singh told PTI.
"The government, however, is yet to get permission to withdraw even a single case," he added.
The district administration had got the government's last directive to withdraw 20 cases some two months ago, but all requests are pending consideration of the court.
In some cases, the Prosecution Department has failed to
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