Sambhal district administration prohibits entry of outsiders till Dec 10

The determination assumes value arsenic it came connected a time erstwhile a 15-member delegation of the Samajwadi Party (SP) was to visit Sambhal to stitchery accusation astir the unit that broke retired aft a survey successful the Shahi Jama Masjid complex.

Leader of Opposition successful Uttar Pradesh Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey, who was to pb the 15-member SP delegation, told reporters extracurricular his residence successful Lucknow that Home Secretary Sanjay Prasad had called him up and requested him to not sojourn Sambhal.

“The DM Sambhal had besides called maine up telling maine that the prohibition connected introduction of outsiders has been extended till December 10. So I volition present sojourn the enactment bureau and sermon the contented earlier deciding connected our adjacent action,” said Pandey.

“The authorities possibly wanted to forestall maine to fell its wrongs successful Sambhal arsenic our sojourn would person exposed its respective mistakes,” helium added.

Heavy information was deployed extracurricular Pandey’s residence since Friday night.

SP authorities president Shyam Lal Pal had said earlier connected Friday that a enactment delegation volition spell to Sambhal connected Saturday connected the instructions of enactment main Akhilesh Yadav.

The squad volition taxable the study to the enactment main aft taking elaborate accusation astir the unit that took spot there, helium said.

A enactment shared earlier connected ‘X’ by the SP authorities president had said that the delegation includes Leader of Opposition successful the Legislative Assembly Mata Prasad Pandey, Leader of Opposition successful the Legislative Council Lal Bihari Yadav, SP authorities president Shyamlal Pal, MPs Ziaur Rahman Barq, Harendra Malik, Ruchi Veera, Iqra Hasan and Neeraj Maurya.

Ziaur Rahman Barq has been booked successful transportation with the November 24 unit for allegedly committing “provocative acts”.

MLAs Kamal Akhtar, Ravidas Mehrotra, Nawab Iqbal Mahmood and Pinky Singh Yadav volition besides beryllium portion of the delegation, the enactment said.

The Samajwadi Party had earlier postponed the projected sojourn of its delegation aft getting assurance from the Director General of Police of a just probe into the violence.

Pandey had said successful a property league past Tuesday: “I was expected to permission for Sambhal astatine 10 americium today, but successful the meantime I spoke to the Director General of Police. We told him that our radical are being framed, adjacent FIRs person been lodged against those who were not contiguous there.” Pandey said the DGP assured him of a just probe and asked them to sojourn Sambhal aft 3 days.

Meanwhile, Congress authorities president Ajay Rai told PTI that a enactment delegation volition spell determination connected December 2.

The concern successful Sambhal has been tense since the archetypal survey of the city’s Jama Masjid was conducted connected November 19 connected the orders of a section court.

The petitioner has claimed that Jama Masjid stands connected a erstwhile Harihar temple.

Violence erupted earlier connected November 24 arsenic the protesters gathered adjacent the mosque and clashed with information personnel, starring to chromatic pelting and arson.

Four radical died and respective others, including policemen, were injured successful the violence.

The constabulary person denied firing astatine the protesters opposing the survey.

The Sambhal territory medication has imposed prohibitory orders successful the district.