Hearing against BJP MLA Sangeet Som adjourned

Muzaffarnagar, Nov 17: The hearing in a case against BJP MLA Sangeet Som and others for allegedly blocking roads in this district during a protest in 2009 has been adjourned till December 22.

Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Sita Ram adjourned the hearing yesterday on the request of Som's lawyer, who sought exemption of his personal appearance in the court.

Police had filed charge sheet against Som and others for allegedly violating prohibitory orders and blocking road in Muzaffarnagar on February 17, 2009, while protesting against the deteriorating law and order situation during BSP rule in Uttar Pradesh.

Som, who is also an accused in 2013 riots here, was in Samajwadi Party at the time of the protest.

PTI