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ASP, chairperson of Shahi Jama Masjid committee argue over posters of Sambhal violence suspects on mosque wall | Lucknow News

ASP, chairperson of Shahi Jama Masjid committee argue over posters of Sambhal violence suspects on mosque wall | Lucknow News

Heated arguments took place between a senior police officer in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal town and the chairperson of the Shahi Jama Masjid and others after the district police pasted posters of 74 suspects in the Sambhal violence case on the wall of the mosque Friday. The police move came hours after posters of an accused that they had put up at several places in Sambhal were torn off by unidentified people on Friday afternoon. The posters announced a reward for those sharing information about the suspects. Five people were killed and nearly 50 others, including a dozen policemen, were injured in the violence that broke out in Sambhal on November 24 last year in the wake of a court-ordered survey of the sixteenth-century mosque. Story continues below this ad Jafar Ali, the chairperson of the Shahi Jama Masjid managing committee, and others accompanying him later told Shrish Chandra, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP), Sambhal North, that posters cannot be pasted on the walls of any religious place and they should be removed immediately. In a …

Sambhal mosque row: Local court to hear Jama Masjid-Harihar temple case on March 5 | Latest News India

Sambhal mosque row: Local court to hear Jama Masjid-Harihar temple case on March 5 | Latest News India

Sambhal mosque row: A local court in Sambhal has fixed March 5 as the next hearing date in a case related to the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid and its survey. Police personnel keep a vigil near Shahi Jama Masjid, in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh on November 27, 2024. (PTI) Shakil Ahmad Wari, the advocate representing the Muslim side, told reporters that they have filed a copy of the Supreme Court order directing all lower courts not to entertain new suits seeking surveys of any place of worship until further orders. “The Supreme Court has directed all the lower courts not to entertain new suits seeking surveys of any place of worship until further orders. We have filed a copy of the said order in the court, which fixed March 5 as the next date of hearing,” Shakil Ahmad Wari quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Also Read | Allahabad HC stays arrest of SP MP Barq in Sambhal mosque violence case On the Hindu side’s claim that the mosque was built over an ancient Harihar …