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3 accused in Hathras rape and murder incident released from jail

03 Mar 2023

A day after being exonerated by a special court in Uttar Pradesh, three out of four accused in the rape and murder case of a 19-year-old Dalit girl in Hathras were released from the Aligarh district jail on Friday. Accused Ramu, Lavkush and Ravi were acquitted by the court and...

Mohsin Shaikh lynching: all accused acquitted; court says his fault was his identity

28 Jan 2023

Nine years after Mohsin Shaikh, a 28-year-old Muslim techie was lynched on his way home from evening prayers, a Sessions court in Pune acquitted all those accused of his murder, including Dhananjay Jayram Desai, the leader of the radical Hindu Rashtra Sena (HRS). SB Salunkhe, a Sessions Judge, acquitted all...