DHAKA: India’s Uttar Pradesh government-constituted special investigation team has charged at least 225 people so far in connection with the September riots in Muzaffarnagar and neighbouring areas.

Police said on Wednesday, reports The Times of India.

The SIT has charged 225 people in 28 riot cases so far while 28 complainants in other cases could not be traced, said Manoj Jha, additional SP, SIT.

Final report in nine cases has been submitted before a local court due to lack of evidence, he added.

The SIT has sent a list of 522 accused in different riot cases and asked the local police to arrest them.

Arrest warrants against 89 accused in 48 murder cases have been issued by the court while proceedings against three accused have been initiated, Jha said.

Meanwhile, SIT sources said that not even one out of the 27 accused in six rape cases have been arrested so far.

The investigating team, however, has recorded statements of all the six victims, they said.

BDST: 1717 HRS, JAN 01, 2014
Edited by Robab Rosan, Current Affairs Editor