Wikipedia's first sentence called it “village in the adilabad district of andhra pradesh”. Today it says “village in telangana state of india”.
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Vatoli is a village in Telangana state of India . It was in news when it witnessed communal riots and tension in 2008 when all members of a Muslim family were burned by miscreants. Vatoli was then part of Adilabad district of undivided Andhra Pradesh . The Vatoli incident evoked strong condemnation from all political parties including the Telugu Desam , Telangana Rashtra Samithi , Congress and the BJP . The then Andhra Pradesh government ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident of burning alive of a family but no subsequent corrective development took place later. Adilabad District Sessions Court judge Aruna Sarika quashed the case against the nine accused arrested in this connection, all members of Hindu Vahini due to lack of proper technical and scientific evidence produced by the Indian investigation agency CB CID . "9 Hindu Vahini accused freed in '2008 Bhainsa riot case' where a Muslim family burnt alive TOPICS: Bhainsa Riot Case Hindu Vahini Members Vatoli Case " .
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Vatoli is a village in the Adilabad district of Andhra Pradesh . It was in news when it witnessed communal riots and tension in 2008 when all members of a Muslim family were burned by miscreants. The Vatoli incident evoked strong condemnation from all political parties including Telugu Desam, TRS and the BJP. The Andhra Pradesh government ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident of burning alive of a family but no subsequent corrective development took place later.
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Vatoli is a village in Telangana state of India. It was in news when it witnessed communal riots and tension in 2008 when all members of a Muslim family were burned by miscreants. Vatoli was then part of Adilabad district of undivided Andhra Pradesh .The Vatoli incident evoked strong condemnation from all political parties including the Telugu Desam , Telangana Rashtra Samithi , Congress and the BJP . The then Andhra Pradesh government ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident of burning alive of a family but no subsequent corrective development took place later. Adilabad District Sessions Court judge Aruna Sarika quashed the case against the nine accused arrested in this connection, all members of Hindu Vahini due to lack of proper technical and scientific evidence produced by the Indian investigation agency CB CID ."9 Hindu Vahini accused freed in '2008 Bhainsa riot case' where a Muslim family burnt alive TOPICS: Bhainsa Riot Case Hindu Vahini Members Vatoli Case " .
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Vatoli is a village in Telangana state of India . It was in news when it witnessed communal riots and tension in 2008 when all members of a Muslim family were burned by miscreants. Vatoli was then part of Adilabad district of undivided Andhra Pradesh . The Vatoli incident evoked strong condemnation from all political parties including the Telugu Desam , Telangana Rashtra Samithi , Congress and the BJP . The then Andhra Pradesh government ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident of burning alive of a family but no subsequent corrective development took place later. Adilabad District Sessions Court judge Aruna Sarika quashed the case against the nine accused arrested in this connection, all members of Hindu Vahini due to lack of proper technical and scientific evidence produced by the Indian investigation agency CB CID . "9 Hindu Vahini accused freed in '2008 Bhainsa riot case' where a Muslim family burnt alive TOPICS: Bhainsa Riot Case Hindu Vahini Members Vatoli Case " .
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village in the adilabad district of andhra pradesh
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village in telangana state of india
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