Samajwadi Party (SP) Member of Parliament Zia Ur Rehman Barq has alleged that Uttar Pradesh police were responsible for instigating the violence in Sambhal. Speaking on the violence, Barq claimed that his statement was based on evidence and criticized the authorities for mishandling the situation.

Four persons died of bullet injuries when a mob clashed with police during a court-ordered survey of the Jama Masjid that some petitioners had claimed had been built by demolishing a temple during the

A first information report was filed against Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rahman Barq and the son of a party MLA in connection with Sunday’s clashes.

MP and Turk community leader Ziaur Rahman Barq and son of SP MLA Iqbal Mahmood, who represents the Pathan community in Sambhal, are main accused in the case