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2013 Muzaffarnagar riots: Trial court convicts two rape accused

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2013 Muzaffarnagar riots: Maheshvir and Sikander Malik are pronounced guilty and the court will announce the quantum of punishment later

Two men who were accused of gang rape of a Muslim woman were convicted by a trial court in Muzaffarnagar. Originally three people were accused of gang rape in which one of the accused Kuldeep Singh died in 2020. The other two Maheshvir and Sikander Malik are pronounced guilty and the court will announce the quantum of punishment later.

The communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas in August-September 2013 had claimed 60 lives and displaced more than 40,000 people.

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