Muzaffarnagar riots

'Won't forget': Posters of 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots appear at bus stands

September 09, 2026 4:47 am

Police are trying to identify 2-3 people seen getting off a bus and pasting the posters near the Muzaffarnagar bus stand

‘6 Indian publishers contacted me’: Joe Sacco on his 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots graphic novel

July 10, 2026 10:24 pm

The Once and Future Riot, published in 2025, is a 135-page illustrated account of the 2013 Muzaffarnagar communal riots in western Uttar Pradesh, which left over 60 dead and 40,000 displaced.

Penguin pulls plug on Joe Sacco’s book on Muzaffarnagar riots

June 06, 2026 3:56 am

Readers in India hoping to find it at their local bookstore will be disappointed: Penguin Random House India has pulled the plug on distributing the title, The Indian Express has learnt.

Rahul Gandhi gets relief in 12-year-old case linked to Muzaffarnagar riots

October 14, 2025 8:02 pm

Originally, advocate Mohammad Anwar had filed a court complaint when Rahul Gandhi was the Congress Vice President.

Muzaffarnagar riots: Court acquits 7 men due to lack of evidence

October 06, 2024 6:31 pm

The Special Investigation Team has filed charge sheets in 175 of 510 riot cases, but only 21 people have been convicted in three cases so far.

Ex-MP, Muzaffarnagar riots accused Kadir Rana back in SP

October 18, 2021 2:06 am

Kadir Rana had been named in a hate speech case and chargesheet was filed against him. He was elected MP from Muzaffarnagar in 2009 on a BSP ticket.

UP withdrew 77 Muzaffarnagar riots cases without giving reason, SC told

August 25, 2021 7:45 am

The recommendation was part of the report on data relating to pending cases against legislators submitted by Senior Advocate Vijay Hansaria, who was appointed to assist the court as amicus curiae in the matter.

2013 Muzaffarnagar riots: Court allows to withdraw case against MLA Sangit Som, other BJP leaders

March 27, 2021 1:33 pm

Judge of the special court, Ram Sudh Singh on Friday allowed the government counsel to withdraw the case.

Muzaffarnagar riots: UP seeks to withdraw case against 3 BJP MLAs

December 24, 2020 7:28 am

The accused in the case filed at Shikheda police station include Sangeet Som, MLA from Sardhana (Meerut); Suresh Rana, MLA from Thana Bhawan (Shamli); and Kapil Dev, who represents the Muzaffarnagar Sadar seat in the Assembly; apart from Hindutva leader Sadhvi Prachi.

Yogi Adityanath: ‘Brothers killed in 2013 immoral, not linked to Muzaffarnagar riots’

July 25, 2019 6:47 am

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has informed the Assembly that the probe has made it clear that the murder of two brothers - Nawab and Shahid - has nothing to do with the riots.

UP Elections 2017: Muzaffarnagar Revisited

June 22, 2020 7:11 pm

Does the Lok Sabha poll offer any hope to the Muzaffarnagar riot victims?

April 17, 2014 10:27 am

The Indian Express presents this report from ground zero