Amid rising tensions in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal following violent clashes, a 12-member delegation from the Samajwadi Party is scheduled to visit the affected area on Tuesday.
The Police have arrested 25 individuals over the violence which broke out on Sunday after a large group of protestors opposing a court-ordered Mughal-era mosque survey clashed with police and pelted stones at the officials.
As many as four people were killed and several others injured in the deadly clashes in Sambhal. Samajwadi Party MP Zia ur Rahman Barq and Sohail Iqbal, son of local SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood, are among those booked in the cases related to the violence.
Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar said seven FIRs have been lodged in connection with the violence. Six people, including Barq and Iqbal, were named and 2,750 others have been mentioned as unidentified, he said.
The Samajwadi Party, which rejected the charges against its leaders, has planned to visit the Sambhal mosque today, the party officials said. The SP delegation will be headed by the Leader of the Opposition in the Assembly, Mata Prasad Pandey.
Notably, the SP team’s visit to Sambhal can spark further tension as the district administration has already imposed prohibitory orders and barred the entry of outsiders into the city till November 30.
“No outsiders, other social organisations or public representatives will enter the district border without the permission of the competent officer,” said the order, which came into force with immediate effect.
Violation of the order will be punishable under Section 223 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) of the BNS.
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Source: News 18
