Yogi to withdraw 131 riots cases: UP CM interfering in judiciary?

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to withdraw 131 cases related to the 2013 communal riots in Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts, which include at least 13 cases of murder and 11 of attempt to murder.

The law department of the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government has initiated the process of withdrawing the cases after a delegation of local khap leaders, including BJP MP Sanjiv Balyan and Budhana MLA Umesh Malik, met Adityanath on February 5.

In a telephonic conversation with India Today, a senior cop in Muzaffarnagar said the district administration has received a letter from the Uttar Pradesh government asking it to withdraw 131 cases of the communal riots which took place in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.