Communal riots in India: Muzaffarnagar riots - BJP MLA accused of inciting mob

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India News: BJP MLA Som Sangeet was booked on Tuesday for uploading a fake video on Facebook that incited communal tensions in Muzaffarnagar district and nearby areas of western Uttar Pradesh.

He is on the run, police said.Mr Som has been booked for promoting religious enmity. FIRs have been registered against BJP legislative party leader Hukum Sin-gh, MLAs Suresh Rana and Kunwar Bhartendu and former Congress MP Harendra Malik for violating prohibitory orders.

UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav said that efforts were being made to ensure that there was no more violence. He said that strict action was being against those found guilty for the flare-up