Sambhal mosque case

SAMBHAL MOSQUE CASE NEWS

2024 Sambhal violence: Allahabad HC stays order for FIR against cops over youth’s gunshot injuries

February 11, 2026 10:07 am

Youth who received gunshot injury during November 2024 violence told to file affidavit on petitions by former Sambhal Circle Officer and UP govt seeking quashing of the FIR order

In the transfer of Sambhal judge, a lesson for the judiciary

January 23, 2026 5:43 pm

Instead of protecting its independence, if the judiciary throws its brave under the bus, it imperils the independence of the judiciary and hence our very democracy

Sambhal to get ATS unit soon: Police

September 11, 2025 7:15 am

The development came days after a three-member panel that was set up in November last year to ascertain the cause of violence in Sambhal on November 24 that left four people dead and several injured, submitted its report to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

Sambhal panel submits report on violence, BJP says ‘demographic change a bitter truth’

August 29, 2025 5:21 am

Judicial commission submits 400-page report, its findings to remain confidential till it is placed before UP Cabinet and Assembly

Sambhal mosque survey: Allahabad HC junks plea seeking to halt trial court proceedings

May 20, 2025 5:46 am

The Muslim side's petition was rejected after The court found "no issues with the trial court order".

‘Shahi Jama Masjid’ to ‘Juma Masjid’: ASI set to replace signboard outside Sambhal mosque

April 08, 2025 12:32 pm

The Archaeological Survey of India is replacing the signboard outside the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal to call the structure ‘by its original name’, an official said.

'Not inclined to interfere': Supreme Court refuses to stay HC order allowing whitewashing of Sambhal mosque

April 01, 2025 2:43 pm

Last month, the Allahabad High Court directed ASI to complete the whitewashing, and claim the expenses from the Sambhal mosque committee.

Illegal arms used in Sambhal, no police firing, says ballistics report

March 27, 2025 7:25 am

The report, however, is inconclusive about the bullets causing the deaths of four people as the bullets “passed through”, or exited, the bodies after they were shot, police sources said.

FIR against Sambhal mosque panel chief has sections with provision for life in jail

March 25, 2025 6:52 am

Zia ur Rehman Barq, the Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal, and Sohail Iqbal, the son of six-time SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood, who is also the deputy leader of the party in the UP Assembly, have also been booked under the same sections.

2024 Sambhal violence | Mosque panel head held; was to appear before judicial panel: brother

March 24, 2025 4:10 am

The 16th-century mosque has been at the centre of tensions after a petition claimed that it was the site of an ancient Hindu temple.

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