Muzaffarnagar riots: SIT records statements from families of missing

A Special Investigation Team has recorded statements of families affected by communal clashes at Kandhla in Shamli district during Muzaffarnagar riots, police said today. The Special Investigation Team led by Additional Superintendent of Police Manoj Jha reached the relief camp yesterday and recorded statements under 161 CrPc in connection with missing people of Lisadh village since  last month’s riots, they said. [caption id=“attachment_1169467” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  PTI[/caption] At least 13 people were reportedly missing since the riots. Meanwhile, some social activists belonging to different organisations have demanded that the people who are missing should be declared dead by the administration, following the pattern of Uttarakhand where a deadline was fixed to declare the missing as dead. Eleven people including two girls had been missing since the riots took place in the village. Activists Rehana Adib, Ramvir Sharma and Rehman Hamid had also put their demands before the National Human Rights Commission when the team visited here. The team of NHRC led by Justice C Josef, DGP (Investigation) Kawal Dewal recently visited the riot-affected Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts. Social activists said that it is necessary to provide relief to the victims’ family members. The communal clashes in Muzaffarnagar and adjoining areas claimed 62 lives and displaced over 40,000 people. PTI