Muzaffarnagar riots: UP govt failed to protect rights, says Supreme Court

New Delhi:  The Supreme Court today said the Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh had failed to protect the fundamental rights of people in Muzaffarnagar, where nearly 60 people were killed in riots last year. The court also blamed the state government for negligence, but said there was no need for any probe by a Special Investigation Team or the CBI. Responding to a batch of petitions, the court also said that all accused named in riot cases must be arrested irrespective of their political affiliation. The riots flared up in Muzaffarnagar in September, in the aftermath of the killing of two Jats and a Muslim. Incendiary speeches by politicians and religious leaders triggered a wave of communal violence in several villages that continued for days. The petitions alleged that the Samajwadi Party government had failed to check the riots, not conducted a fair probe and was trying to protect rioters.   NDTV