The Khargone trials: Acquittals, dead ends, failing evidence, and a prosecution that admits it is lumbering on
Four years after the Khargone Ram Navami violence in 2022, a Madhya Pradesh Sessions Court acquitted 11 men on July 27 for their alleged involvement. The administration razed 16 houses and registered 65 cases in the aftermath. Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan vowed severe action against rioters. The Indian Express investigation revealed that out of 65 cases, only three reached trial and all ended in acquittals.
The other 38 cases lack evidence, while 20 are awaiting prosecution evidence submission. The prosecution admitted to struggling to prove guilt and questioned the evidence's reliability.
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