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AHMEDABAD: 'Hard videographic proof' of three persons - one allegedly wielding an AK-47 - being involved in the 2002 communal riots withered away during trial, with the videographer recanting his statement and the tape disappearing. An Ahmedabad court has finally acquitted the three accused. The trio was booked on a complaint filed by a videographer, Satish Dalwadi, who had allegedly recorded footage during an episode of communal violence showing the accused carrying firearms. However, the video tape was never produced in court, and the videographer did not support the prosecution's case. He was declared a hostile witness. The case pertained to two FIRs registered at Dariapur police station in connection with rioting on April 14, 2002. The FIRs were filed after Satish submitted a

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