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Sambhal violence was planned bid to stop mosque survey, panel says
A Uttar Pradesh judicial inquiry commission has called the November 24, 2024 Sambhal violence a calculated conspiracy to obstruct a court-ordered survey of the disputed Jama Masjid-Hari Har Mandir site. Its report,…
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A Uttar Pradesh judicial inquiry commission has called the November 24, 2024 Sambhal violence a calculated conspiracy to obstruct a court-ordered survey of the disputed Jama Masjid-Hari Har Mandir site. Its report, tabled in the state assembly, said the order triggered events but prior mobilisation led to stone-pelting, firing and arson. Four civilians died and several people, including police personnel, were injured.
The three-member panel examined official records, FIRs, medical and forensic evidence, ballistic material, witness statements and accounts from officials, litigants and journalists. It also reviewed police deployment and crowd-control measures. Sambhal MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq rejected the findings as wrong and said they could be challenged in the high court. Supreme Court proceedings on the underlying religious-site dispute remain stayed.
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The lazy version from both sides is already familiar: one treats the violence as spontaneous public anger, while the other treats the commission’s conclusion as the final word on every disputed fact. The report supports a planned obstruction theory, but accountability must still rest on evidence tested in criminal proceedings. The useful test is whether the FIRs, forensic material and ballistic findings lead to convictions, while any police failures are examined with equal care.
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