Sambhal violence: UP Police issue lookout notice for Dubai gangster for allegedly supplying weapons

The Uttar Pradesh Police have issued a lookout circular against Dubai-based gangster Shariq Satha, alleging that he was the main conspirator behind the violence that broke out in Sambhal district in November, The Indian Express reported.

The police accuse him of supplying weapons from abroad.

The circular is used by law enforcement authorities to check whether a person leaving the country is wanted by the police.

On November 24, 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 during the survey.

Sambhal Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar told The Indian Express that the probe revealed that Satha, who hails from Deepa Sarai in Sambhal, played a central role in coordinating the violence.

“He has been booked on charges of criminal conspiracy in five cases [related to the violence], including four related to murder,” the newspaper quoted Kumar as saying.

Satha is accused of operating his network remotely from Dubai, where he reportedly fled in 2020 allegedly using a forged passport.

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