India, Feb. 2 -- A Delhi court has acquitted six accused of committing arson near a mosque during the 2020 northeast Delhi riots, while pulling police for filing a fabricated chargesheet and forging witness accounts to build a false case against them.

Additional sessions judge (ASJ) Praveen Singh of the Karkardooma Courts on Saturday flagged severe discrepancies in witness statements, the case diary, and the final chargesheet - all of which, he said, did not corroborate the evidence produced against the accused.

"The case of the prosecution is found to be a built up case on the basis of the witnesses, who initially said they had not seen any of the rioters, but as per their tampered, manipulated and fabricated statements stated that the...