Sambhal News: Tension prevails in Sambhal district of Uttar Pradesh after the attack on police and the death of three people in retaliatory action. Police are deployed at every nook and corner here and entry of outsiders has been banned. The District Magistrate of Sambhal has issued a notification prohibiting any outsider, social organization, or public representative from entering Sambhal without the orders of the authorities.

Attack on the team that went to survey the Jama Masjid. Three people have died during the clash between the protesters who were opposing the survey being conducted on the orders of the court at the Jama Masjid of Sambhal on Sunday. 20 people, including the sub-district magistrate and the police circle officer, have also been injured in the incident. According to the police, the protesters tried to burn vehicles and pelted stones at the police, after which the police fired tear gas shells and lathi-charged to disperse the crowd. An officer said that the rioters fired bullets and some pellets hit our policemen. We are investigating where the bullets were fired, especially in the Deepa Sarai area.

Internet services shut downOfficials said that given the tension prevailing after the violence, internet services have been shut down in Sambhal tehsil and all schools up to class 12 have been ordered to remain closed on Monday. On the orders of a local court, a survey of Jama Masjid was conducted last Tuesday, after which tension has prevailed in Sambhal for the previous few days. A petition has been filed in the local court claiming that at the place where Jama Masjid is located, there was a Harihar temple earlier.

Three people died

Moradabad Divisional Commissioner Anjaneya Kumar Singh while talking to reporters in Sambhal said that there were two to three groups of miscreants who were continuously firing and the police administration evacuated the survey team safely. Singh said that three people aged between 20 and 25 years have died in this violence. The Divisional Commissioner said that a total of 20 people have been injured in this violence, firing, and stone pelting. In the incident, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Superintendent of Police Sanjeev Kumar was shot in the leg while Deputy District Magistrate Ramesh Chandra's leg bone was broken. Apart from this, Sambhal Police Circle Officer Anuj Kumar has also been hit by pellets.

A large number of people reached the spot and started firing and pelting stones.

District Magistrate Rajendra Persia told reporters that there was no stone pelting for the first two hours of the survey and later it was announced from the mosque that the survey work was completed. He said that after this, people living in the surrounding area of ​​several kilometers reached the spot in large numbers, and heavy stone pelting and firing started. He said that no one who instigated the mob and conspired for violence would be spared. Earlier, an official said that some people also tried to set fire to the motorcycles parked on the roadside. The official said that a case will be registered against the accused of violence under the stringent National Security Act (NSA).