Sambhal administration may put up posters of people involved in mosque survey violence today
The violence during the survey of Sambhal’s Shahi Jama Masjid claimed four lives on November 24.
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The violence erupted over the second round of the survey conducted at the mosque in Kot by a team of the Archaeological Survey of India.The district administration in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal may on Thursday put up posters of those involved in the violence that led to four deaths during a court-ordered survey of Shahi Jama Masjid on November 24.
“After studying the footage of the sample collected by a drone, we were able to get pictures of those involved in the violence and now we will most likely put up their posters today,” said District Magistrate Rajender Pensiya.
Pensiya told The Indian Express that the administration has identified at least 400 people, 34 of whom have been arrested. “We are working on designing the poster so that we can exclude those who have already been arrested,” he said.
Pensiya also said that keeping the Friday prayers in mind, 30 magistrates have been deployed and the presidents of all the mosques in Sambhal have been called for a peace meeting. There will be three-layer security at the mosque on Friday.
The violence erupted over the second round of the survey conducted at the mosque in Kot by a team of the Archaeological Survey of India. The first round of the ASI survey was initiated on November 19, hours after a Chandausi court ordered it on applications filed by eight petitioners claiming that the mosque had been built after destroying a temple.
On November 27, Superintendent of Police Krishnan Kumar Bishnoi said 25 people had been arrested over the violence. “We have collected the CCTV footage and anyone who is involved in destroying the state property will be severely punished,” he added.
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