New Delhi, May 5 -- Delhi's Karkardooma Court has recently acquitted 12 persons accused in a case of murder, rioting, promoting enmity among two communities destruction of evidence during the North East Delhi riots of 2020.

An FIR was registered at Gokul Puri police station in connection with the murder of one Hashim Ali, whose body, along with two others, was recovered from a drain in the area on February 27, 2020.

This case was primarily based on circumstantial evidence. However, the court said that evidence was not sufficient to point out that the accused were part of the culprit mob.

Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pulastya Pramachala held, "In view of my foregoing discussions, observations and findings, I find that charges levelle...