A court-ordered survey of the 16th-century Jama Masjid, a Mughal-era mosque, in Moradabad's Sambhal, led to multiple deaths, arrests and a riot that brought the city to a grinding halt.

The survey, based on a complaint claiming the Mughals demolished a temple to construct the mosque, sparked unrest as hundreds of protesters gathered near the Shahi Jama Masjid to oppose the move.

Chaos erupted in Sambhal Sunday morning when a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid led to violent clashes between the locals and the police. The mosque is at the centre of a ...