Sangeet Som was accused in instances associated to the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots.
Muzaffarnagar:
A particular courtroom has accepted the closure report filed by an Uttar Pradesh Police Particular Investigation Group (SIT) crew in opposition to BJP MLA Sangeet Som in a case of importing an inflammatory video on social media forward of the communal riots right here in 2013.
In his order issued on Monday, Particular Choose Ram Sudh Singh whereas accepting the closure report of the SIT mentioned the complainant within the case, inspector Subhodh Kumar, has died and no objection has not been filed in opposition to the closure report. Subhodh Kumar was killed when a mob went on a rampage over allegations of unlawful cow slaughter in Bulandshahr in 2018.
In accordance with the prosecution, the SIT had filed a closure report within the courtroom, saying that no proof might be discovered in opposition to Sangeet Som, the MLA from Sardhana.
Throughout investigation, the SIT had, via CBI, sought the small print of the individuals from the Fb headquarters within the US who had uploaded the video on its social media platform that incited communal passions. However Fb failed to offer the names of these concerned within the act, the prosecution mentioned.
Police had registered a case beneath sections 420 (dishonest), 153a (selling enmity between teams) and 120b (felony conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and part 66 of the Info and Expertise (IT) Act in opposition to Sangeet Som and about 200 others, who had preferred the video, uploaded on Fb, on September 2, 2013.
The accused individuals had been charged for circulating a video concerning the homicide of two youths, triggering communal stress within the district.
Throughout investigation, it was discovered that the video was previous and had both been shot in Afghanistan or Pakistan, the prosecution mentioned.
Greater than 60 individuals have been killed and 40,000 displaced through the riots in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas in 2013.