Sambhal violence: Allahabad HC stays order directing FIR against police officers

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday stayed an order by a Sambhal court directing the filing of a first information report against Additional Superintendent of Police Anuj Chaudhary in connection with allegations that a man had been shot and injured during an unrest in the town in November 2024, Live Law reported.

Justice Samit Gopal of the High Court was hearing a petition filed by Chaudhary, who was the circle officer of Sambhal at the time of the violence. The judge listed the matter for hearing on February 24.

On November 24, 2024, violence broke out in Sambhal after a group of Muslims objected to a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Chandausi town.

A trial court had ordered the survey in a suit claiming that the mosque had been built in 1526 by Mughal ruler Babar on the site of the “centuries-old Shri Hari Har Temple dedicated to Lord Kalki”.

Five persons were killed in the violence.

Yameen, the father of one of the men who was allegedly shot, had moved the court in Sambhal. He claimed that his son, Alam, had left home that day to sell rusks and was allegedly shot by the police near the mosque.

The petition, which named Chaudhary, Inspector Anuj Tomar and other police personnel, had been filed before the...

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