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	Podcast:		News and Views
	Episode:		298: Muzaffarnagar Riots: 5 Years of Culprits’ Impunity, Victims’ Fear
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:08:26
	Publish Date:		2018-09-04 08:59:36
	Description:		Civilised nations prosecute their criminals. But in India, prosecution can be deeply political. Five years since the Muzaffarnagar and Shamli riots in which 62 people were murdered and over 50,000 rendered homeless, no one has been convicted. According to this report, over 500 first information reports (FIRs) were filed by police against the alleged culprits; of this, 335 were expunged or closed due to duplication or other errors. Of the 175 cases, forty were decided by courts without any conviction.
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