UP Police books SP MP, party mla's son in Sambhal mosque clashes
The clashes broke out as people pelted stones at the court appointed committee arrived to conduct second survey of Shahi Jama Masjid
New Delhi, November 26
The UP Police have booked Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rahman Barq, and the son of an MLA from the party in the Sambhal clashes that killed four persons and injured 20 police personnel.
The death toll in the clashes went up to four after a 19-year-old boy passed away due to gunshot wounds, the police said. On Sunday, three people had died during the clashes near the Shahi Jama Masjid.
The police stated that clashes broke out after a court-appointed advocate commissioner and six members of his team entered the mosque for a second survey around 7 am. The first survey, ordered by the court, was conducted on November 19.
When the team reached the spot for the survey, groups of people soon reached the site and started raising slogans and pelting stones and soon the situation turned violent. However, the law and order was brought under control after large forces of police rushed in.
