A local court on Wednesday held seven men guilty of killing two youths in Kawal village in an attack which is said to have triggered the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots that led to the killings of over 60 people.
Additional district and sessions judge Himashu Bhatnagar convicted Muzammil, Mujassim, Furkan, Nadeem, Janangir, Afzal and Ikbal for killing Gaurav and Sachin on August 27, 2013 and rioting, said district prosecution counsel Rajiv Sharma.
The sentences would be pronounced on Friday.
According to the First Information Report, the two youths of Kawal village under the Jansath police station area were battered to death by the five of these men.
The court convicted the seven after examining 10 prosecution witnesses and six witnessed for the defence side.