The Supreme Court on Monday granted bail to three Muslim men, Danish, Faizan, and Nazir, accused in connection with the protest that broke out on November 24 last year during a court-ordered survey of the Jama Masjid in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, during which police opened fire on protesters alleging violence, killing at least five Muslim men.
The three-member judicial commission set up last year to investigate the Sambhal protest — in which five Muslims were killed and several others injured in police firing on protesters — has submitted its report to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday. The submission has triggered speculation that the findings point to a “demographic shift” in the region.
The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to Zafar Ali, a prominent lawyer, president of Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid, and community leader who was arrested for speaking out against police violence in Sambhal in November 2024, which claimed at least five Muslim lives.
Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) and Karwan-e-Mohabbat on Tuesday released a joint fact-finding report and documentary highlighting targeted violence and state complicity...
Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh – The Sambhal administration on Tuesday booked five members of Shahi Jama Masjid Managing Committee President Zafar Ali’s family, days after he was arrested by the SIT of the Uttar Pradesh Police in connection with the 2024 protests against the survey of the mosque and the police violence that followed.