India, April 30 -- A Delhi court has acquitted 12 people accused of abducting and killing a man during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, citing serious inconsistencies in eyewitness accounts and insufficient evidence.

In the April 21 verdict, Additional Sessions Judge Parveen Singh of Karkardooma court said, "Prosecution has failed to prove its case against the accused beyond a reasonable doubt and the accused are entitled to benefit of doubt. All the accused are accordingly are acquitted of the charges framed against them." The order was made public on Wednesday.

The case pertains to the death of one Musharraf, whose body was discovered in a drain in Bhagirathi Vihar on February 27, 2020, during the communal violence. According to Delhi ...