Police deployed astatine the Shahi Jama Masjid country successful Sambhal pursuing violence, (Express Photo by Gajendra Yadav)
A time aft 3 persons were killed and astatine slightest 20 constabulary unit injured pursuing clashes implicit a survey astatine the Shahi Jama Masjid successful occidental UP’s Sambhal, a archetypal accusation study (FIR) was registered Monday against Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rahman Barq, and the lad of an MLA from the enactment successful transportation with the case.
The clashes connected Sunday broke retired aft a court-appointed advocator commissioner and six members of his squad entered the mosque for a 2nd survey astir 7 am. The archetypal survey, ordered by the court, was conducted connected November 19.
“The survey squad on with the advocator commissioner of the court, District Magistrate and a squad of information unit reached the spot for the survey. Groups of radical soon reached the tract and started raising slogans and pelting stones,” Divisional Commissioner Singh said connected Sunday.
Officials said the chromatic pelting subsided for immoderate clip but resumed connected a bigger standard erstwhile the survey squad was leaving the tract aft finishing their enactment astir 11 am. “There were 3 groups, 1 connected the left, 1 connected the close and different connected the cardinal road. They began throwing stones astatine constabulary and members of the survey team,” Singh added.
SP main Akhilesh Yadav has urged the Supreme Court to instantly “take cognizance of the conspiracy of spreading hostility successful the sanction of survey”. He besides alleged that the BJP authorities and its medication “orchestrated the unit to divert attraction from electoral malpractice”.