Following a stone-pelting incident during a mosque survey in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh, police conducted a flag march and reinforced security. Twenty-seven arrests have been made, including three minors,

Samajwadi Party (SP) Member of Parliament Zia Ur Rehman Barq has alleged that Uttar Pradesh police were responsible for instigating the violence in Sambhal. Speaking on the violence, Barq claimed that his statement was based on evidence and criticized the authorities for mishandling the situation.

The Uttar Pradesh government is enforcing strong measures against those involved in Sambhal violence, including financial penalties for property damage and public display of offenders' posters. The violence erupted amid a religious site's survey dispute,

Tragic violence erupts in Sambhal during mosque survey, resulting in three Muslim casualties amid tensions over archaeological examination of historic site.

In Sambhal, violence erupted during a survey of Shahi Jama Masjid, claimed to be a temple by advocate Vishnu Shanker Jain. Police intervened using tear gas after a group attacked the survey team.

The death toll from violent protests in India sparked by a survey into whether a centuries-old mosque was built on a Hindu temple has risen to six, an official said on Tuesday. Around 20 police officers were also wounded during the violence on Sunday in Sambhal in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, district magistrate Chirag Goyal told AFP.

Sambhal Police announced today that three individuals—Faizan, Aamir, and Mohammad Ali—have been arrested in connection with the violence that occurred on November 24 in the Uttar Pradesh district.