The court of Judicial Magistrate Mukesh Kumar yesterday acquitted Anil Godara, President of Azad Nagar Mandal unit of the BJP and two others, Amar Singh and Raj Kumar, due to lack of evidence.
According to the prosecution, on a complaint of priest Subhash Chand of Williwarsh Church, a case of rioting, promoting enmity between classes, destroying, damaging a place of worship with intent to insult the religion of any class of persons was registered against 14 persons including Godara, Singh and Kumar, all residents of village Kaimari on March 13, 2015.