US judge dismisses lawsuit against India PM Modi over 2002 riots
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will not have to face a US lawsuit claiming he failed to stop anti-Muslim rioting in 2002, a federal judge in New York ruled on Wednesday.
US District Judge Analisa Torres upheld the US Department of State's determination that Modi, as a sitting head of government, is entitled to immunity from civil lawsuits filed in US courts.
The lawsuit, filed in September by an obscure human rights group on the eve of Modi's maiden visit to the United States, made international headlines at the time, though officials from both countries brushed it off as a distraction.
