MP and son of a local MLA in connection with the violence that occurred in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal region during the survey of a mosque, media reports said.

Tension has been brewing in Sambhal since last Tuesday when the Jama Masjid was surveyed on the orders of a local court following a petition that claimed that a Harihar temple stood at the site.

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Clashes broke out between protesters and the police during a court-monitored survey of a Centuries-old mosque.

Four people were killed in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh after violence erupted during a court-ordered survey of a 16th-century mosque. The clashes between locals and police over the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal,

Opposition parties blamed the BJP for inciting violence in Sambhal through a mosque survey, while the BJP accused the INDIA alliance of fomenting unrest since the Lok Sabha polls failure and urged legal recourse for those opposing judicial orders.

Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya assured strict measures against those disrupting the survey. “It is the duty of the government and the police to follow the instruction of the court.

Three people were killed and scores of others, including around 20 security personnel and four personnel of the administration, were injured as protesters opposing a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-e

Three people were killed as protesters opposing a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque clashed with security personnel