Be careful. The police have claimed in the FIR that Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rehman Work, against whom a case has been registered for inciting the mob and conspiring to commit violence in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal on Sunday, instigated the mob to gain benefits. politicians and incited communal violence. harmony. He has become the main defendant in the case. One of the six FIRs accessed by India Today alleges that the MP visited the mosque without permission days before Sunday’s violence and instigated the riots.
However, the MP and his party denied the allegations, saying he was out of town at the time of the violence and accusing the police of hatching a conspiracy against him.
The FIR says that on November 22, Ziaur Rehman had gone to work at Jama Masjid. After offering Namaz, he gathered a crowd without administrative permission and made provocative statements. For political gain, he instigated the mob to disturb communal harmony. The FIR also mentions MLA Iqbal Mahmood’s son Suhail Iqbal and other people present in the crowd.
Suhail Iqbal is further said to have instigated the crowd saying: Ziaur Rehman’s work is with us, we are also with you. We will not let anything happen to you, fulfill your intention. As a result, the crowd became more violent. Ziaur Rehman Work has been named as accused number 1, while Suhail Iqbal has been named as accused number 2.
The FIR names six other people as well as 700-800 unidentified people. Seven FIRs have been registered in connection with the incident. The FIR alleges that a mob of 700-800 people armed with deadly weapons gathered at the royal Jama Masjid to disrupt the court-ordered inspection procedures. It has been claimed that the mob snatched weapons from the government and pointed them at the police with the intention of killing them.
A person from the crowd opened fire on circle officer Anuj Choudhary with the intention of killing him. The FIR states that Anuj was shot in the leg and injured. The second FIR, accessed by India Today, alleges that the mob destroyed CCTV cameras, snatched guns and tear gas shells from police personnel and looted 9mm magazines.
The FIR, naming six accused, says the mob attacked the police with hockey sticks, batons and stones and tried to kill them. It said that Hasan, Azim, Salim, Rehan, Haider, Wasim, Ayaan… snatched weapons and cartridges from the police, set them on fire and threatened to kill them. The mob continuously fired at the police with the intention of stopping the survey. Ziaur Rahman Vark rejected the police allegations against him and said he was in Bengaluru at the time of the incident.
He said: I was not even in the state, let alone in Sambhal. This is a conspiracy of the police and the administration. When the public is not aware of the timing of the poll, how can they hatch a conspiracy? Violent clashes broke out at Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, on Sunday morning when a court-appointed team arrived to conduct a survey. The study was ordered on the basis of a complaint alleging that Mughal emperor Babar, in the 16th century, had demolished an ancient temple to build a mosque.
The crowd protested against the poll and clashed with police, leaving four protesters dead and several injured. The protesters claim that they died from police gunfire, while the police deny this and claim that it was the mob itself that opened fire.
The mosque management and Samajwadi Party leaders alleged that Sunday’s poll, the second after the initial poll on November 19, was conducted without prior notice. He accused the district administration of inciting violence. Meanwhile, police and complainants claim that the mosque was informed in advance. The Uttar Pradesh government has ordered a magisterial inquiry into the incident.
