Zeenews Bureau
Nagpur: A court here on Monday acquitted all six ABVP activists accused of beating Professor H S Sabharwal to death in Ujjain in 2006.
In its verdict, the Nagpur Sessions Court said it was acquitting six workers of the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), the BJP’s students wing, as the prosecution had failed to prove their involvement in the murder.
According to the lawyer of accused, the court further noted that the prosecution even failed to file conclusive evidence to prove the six were present at the site of the murder.
Prof Sabharwal, the head of the political science department of Ujjain’s Madhav College, died on August 26, 2006 from lung and rib injuries after being beaten up by a mob comprising mainly college students.
He was trying to convince students about the need for postponing the college union elections.
The Supreme Court had in March last year transferred the case from Ujjain to Nagpur.
Himanshu Sabharwal, son of Prof Sabharwal, had sought the transfer of the case outside Madhya Pradesh saying the accused belong to the student wing of the ruling BJP in the state and BJP-ruled administration was sparing no efforts in shielding them.
