Uttar Pradesh: Around 70 people have been arrested so far in the stone pelting in Uttar Pradesh in connection with Shahi Jama Masjid survey in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district on November 24, reports said.
Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) Shirish Chandra told the media that a total of seventy people have been arrested till now in the violence that took place near Jama Masjid in Sambhal.
He also said that other people involved in the stone pelting incident will be arrested very soon.
A stone-pelting incident occurred on November 24 during the ASI’s examination of the Mughal-era mosque, resulting in the deaths of four individuals and injuries to several others, including officials and locals.
Earlier, a notice was issued to demolish 123 houses and shops in Sambhal under Uttar Pradesh Municipalities Act 1916, after they were found in a dilapidated state in a survey conducted by the Sambhal Municipality.
Sambhal Municipal Council Executive Officer, Manibhushan Tiwari had said that under the Municipality Act 1916, Sambhal Municipality had surveyed the dilapidated buildings of the area in which 123 structures were found in dilapidated condition which may collapse at any time risking loss of life and property.
Notably, since the Sambhal violence, the district administration has been taking action against illegal encroachment on government lands.