Authorities have closed schools and suspended internet services in a northern Indian city a day after four people were killed in clashes sparked by an official survey probing whether a 16th-century mosque was built on a Hindu temple.

The survey of a Mughal-era mosque in Sambhal led to violence, with political parties blaming each other for communal tensions. The incident resulted in several deaths, with Opposition accusing the BJP of instigating riots.

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-era mosque here clashed with police on Sunday (Novmeber 24, 2024).

The clashes between locals and police over the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal, which is at the centre of a legal dispute claiming that it was built on a Hindu temple site, led to the death of four Muslim youths and resulted in injuries to at least 20 police officers on Sunday.

Cases filed against over 2,000 people a day after four Muslim men killed in violence over survey of a Mughal-era mosque.

A court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal turned into a violent affair when cops clashed with protesters at the site. Three people have died and countless others, including 20 security personnel have been injured in the resulting clashes.

Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Barq and Sohail Iqbal, the son of SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood, have been booked in connection with the violence that erupted on Sunday.

Sambhal city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is on alert after three people died and dozens were injured in violent clashes on Sunday. Clashes broke out between protesters and the police during a court-monitored survey of the Mughal-era Jama Masjid (mosque).

Tensions have reached a boiling point in Northern India, where a centuries-old mosque has sparked deadly clashes between protestors and police.

Protests after a survey over whether a mosque was built over a Hindu temple turned deadly. Authorities banned gatherings in a bid to curve the unrests.

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