Stone pelting started in Sambhal following a survey at Shahi Jama Masjid at 7:30 am, amid heavy police deployment. District Justice of the Peace (DM), Superintendent of Police (SP), and officers from 5 police stations are current on the web site to make sure safety.
As stress escalated in Sambhal police used tear fuel and “minor pressure” within the face of stone pelting by locals right here throughout a second survey of the Mughal-era mosque, claimed to be initially the location of an historical Hindu temple.
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A courtroom in Sambhal had ordered a survey of the mosque within the district utilizing “video and images” after a petition alleged that the location was initially an historical temple of significance to the Hindu religion.
Rigidity has been mounting in Sambhal in latest days after the Jama Masjid was surveyed final Tuesday, following an area courtroom’s order in response to a petition claiming {that a} Harihar temple existed on the web site.
The native administration said {that a} second survey, performed by an “Advocate Commissioner” as a part of a court-mandated investigation into the disputed web site, started at roughly 7 am, with a crowd starting to collect on the location.
“Some miscreants got here out of the group gathered close to the location and pelted stones on the police workforce. The police used minor pressure and tear fuel to deliver the state of affairs below management,” Superintendent of Police Krishna Kumar Vishnoi mentioned.
(With PTI Inputs)