2013 Muzaffarnagar riots

2013 Muzaffarnagar Riots
Part of Religious violence in India
Location of riots
Date27 August 2013 (2013-08-27) – 17 September 2013 (2013-09-17)
Location
Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, India

29°28′20″N 77°42′32″E / 29.472332°N 77.708874°E / 29.472332; 77.708874
Caused byaltercation between Jats and Muslims at Kawal village, Muzaffarnagar district on 27 August[1][2]
MethodsKilling, Arson, Looting
Parties
Other Hindus / Unidentified
Casualties and losses
20 killed,
382 injured
42 killed,
538 injured
4 killed,
10 injured
Part of a series on
Violence against Muslims
in independent India
Major incidents

The clashes between the Jat and Muslim communities in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, India.[7][8][9][10] By date 17 September, the curfew was lifted from all riot affected areas and the army was also withdrawn.[11]

The riot has been described as "the worst violence in Uttar Pradesh in recent history", with the army, as a result, being deployed in the state for the first time in last 20 years.[12] The Supreme Court of India, while hearing petitions in relation to the riots, held the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party prima facie guilty of negligence in preventing the violence and ordered it to immediately arrest all those accused irrespective of their political affiliation. The Court also blamed the Central government for its failure to provide intelligence inputs to the Samajwadi Party-governed state government in time to help sound alerts.[13] In 2021, a local court allowed the Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government to withdraw a case of inciting violence against 12 BJP leaders involved in the riots.[14]

In 2022, BJP MLA Vikram Singh Saini along with 11 others were sentenced to two years imprisonment by a special court which convicted them of rioting and other offences.[15]

  1. ^ Rai, Rajat (7 September 2013). "Journalist and a photographer killed in fresh communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, army deployed as curfew imposed". India Today.
  2. ^ Bhalla, Nita (19 September 2013). "Fear stalks displaced Muslims after Muzaffarnagar riots". Reuters. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016.
  3. ^ Pingle Jagamohan Reddy; Nusserwanji K Vakil & Akbar S Sarela (1971). Report: Inquiry into the communal disturbances at Muzaffarnagar and other places in Uttar Pradesh on and after 27th August. Commission of Inquiry on Communal Disturbances at Muzaffarnagar and at Various Places in the State of Uttar Pradesh on and after 27 August 2013, Home Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh. p. 180.
  4. ^ "Government releases data of riot victims identifying religion". The Times of India. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Muzaffarnagar violence: Over 10,000 displaced; 10,000 arrested". The Times of India. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
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  7. ^ "Troops deployed to quell deadly communal clashes between Jats, Muslims in north India". Associated Press. 8 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013.
  8. ^ Bose, Adrija (8 September 2013). "Firstpost India IBN7 journalist killed in UP communal riots, Army clamps curfewIBN7 journalist killed in UP communal riots, Army clamps curfew". Firstpost. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  9. ^ Fayyaz, Ahmed Ali (8 September 2013). "9 killed in communal riots in Muzaffarnagar, curfew clamped, army deployed". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  10. ^ "Fresh clashes in UPs Muzaffarnagar leave 26 dead, Army deployed in affected areas". Hindustan Times. 7 September 2013. Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
  11. ^ "Muzaffarnagar riots: normalcy returns, army leaves". Hindustan Times. 18 September 2013. Archived from the original on 20 September 2013.
  12. ^ "An old curse returns". The Economist. 21 September 2013.
  13. ^ Anand, Utkarsh (26 March 2014). "SC holds Akhilesh govt guilty of negligence, orders arrest of all Muzaffarnagar accused". The Indian Express. Retrieved 8 April 2014.
  14. ^ "2013 Muzaffarnagar riots: Court allows to withdraw cases against 12 BJP leaders". The Wire (India). 28 March 2021.
  15. ^ Mishra, Ishita (11 October 2022). "BJP MLA among 12 sentenced to two years in prison in 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots case". The Hindu. Retrieved 10 May 2023.