The Sambhal police on Monday booked Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and local SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood's son, Sohail Iqbal, in connection with violence over the court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque.

Prohibitory orders under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita are in place in the Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh and entry of outsiders is barred till November 30. Internet services are suspended.

The toll in the clashes between police and protesters opposing the survey rose to four following the death of one more injured person, officials said on Monday.

Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq, named in an FIR for allegedly "instigating" stone pelting during a mosque survey in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, has denied th

Tensions remain in Sambhal after violence over a mosque survey left four dead. Authorities have filed FIRs against 22, including local politicians.

Violence erupted in Sambhal, India, during a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque, resulting in four deaths and numerous injuries. Police filed

On Sambhal violence, Zia Ur Rehman Barq, Samajwadi Party MP says, " It is so unfortunate, it is a pre-planned incident. Across the country, Muslims are being targeted and such a bad situation has never happened after independence.

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Tension had been brewing in Sambhal since November 19 when the Jama Masjid was first surveyed on the court’s orders following a petition claiming that a Harihar temple had stood at the site