Amid prohibitory orders, Samajwadi Party MP, others booked for violence in SAMBHAL
SP MP Zia Ur Rehman Barq (Image Credit: IANS)
Sambhal (Uttar Pradesh) | Roads in the trouble-torn Sambhal city in Uttar Pradesh on Monday bore a deserted look, with the administration issuing prohibitory orders while the police booked a Samajwadi Party (SP) MP and the son of an SP legislator along with 400 others, for the deadly riots the previous day.
Internet remained suspended and schools were closed even as security forces conducted flag marches in the city, officials said.
Police sources said at least 25 people, including two women, have been detained or arrested for the violence that left four dead and dozens, including 22 policemen, injured during violent protests on Sunday against a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in connection with a petition claiming that it was built after razing a Hindu temple in 1529.
Vehicles were torched and stones pelted during rioting on Sunday, forcing police to use tear gas and cane-charge to counter the protestors.
SP MP Zia Ur Rehman Barq and his party colleague and SP legislator Iqbal Mehmood’s son Nawab Suhail Iqbal, were named in the seven FIRs registered by Uttar Pradesh Police over the violence against 400 people.
The accused have been booked under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act, 1986 and the National Security Act, 1980.
The state administration has also restricted entry of outsiders into the district till December 1, said an official.
IANS
