The Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) on Wednesday withdrew its plea filed before the Allahabad High Court seeking an independent probe into the alleged police firing and atrocities in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal..The communal clashes took place in Sambhal following a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid.A Bench of Justice Ashwani K Mishra and Justice Dr Gautam Chowdhary today noted that the State government has already formed a three-member judicial inquiry committee to investigate the matter and hence asked the petitioner to withdraw the plea.The PIL alleged failure on the part of State machinery and police to prevent the violence. The plea accused authorities of complicity through unlawful actions and insufficient measures during the incident..The PIL emphasized that prima facie, most victims of the violence were Muslims and tmajority of those arrested in connection with the incident also belonged to the Muslim community.On November 19, a civil court in Sambhal had directed an advocate commissioner to conduct a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal.The direction was issued in response to a plea filed by advocate Hari Shankar Jain and seven others who claimed that the mosque was constructed over a demolished temple during the Mughal era..Violence erupted between protestors and police personnel on November 24 after a team of surveyors arrived in Chandausi town to conduct a second survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid, after the initial survey had been conducted on November 19.Four people were reportedly killed amid stone-pelting and vehicle-torching incidentsAn autopsy had ruled out police firing as the cause of the deaths..Another PIL seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the communal violence was placed before Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Vikas Budhwar today who directed the matter to be placed before the appropriate bench.
The Association for Protection of Civil Rights (APCR) on Wednesday withdrew its plea filed before the Allahabad High Court seeking an independent probe into the alleged police firing and atrocities in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal..The communal clashes took place in Sambhal following a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid.A Bench of Justice Ashwani K Mishra and Justice Dr Gautam Chowdhary today noted that the State government has already formed a three-member judicial inquiry committee to investigate the matter and hence asked the petitioner to withdraw the plea.The PIL alleged failure on the part of State machinery and police to prevent the violence. The plea accused authorities of complicity through unlawful actions and insufficient measures during the incident..The PIL emphasized that prima facie, most victims of the violence were Muslims and tmajority of those arrested in connection with the incident also belonged to the Muslim community.On November 19, a civil court in Sambhal had directed an advocate commissioner to conduct a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal.The direction was issued in response to a plea filed by advocate Hari Shankar Jain and seven others who claimed that the mosque was constructed over a demolished temple during the Mughal era..Violence erupted between protestors and police personnel on November 24 after a team of surveyors arrived in Chandausi town to conduct a second survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid, after the initial survey had been conducted on November 19.Four people were reportedly killed amid stone-pelting and vehicle-torching incidentsAn autopsy had ruled out police firing as the cause of the deaths..Another PIL seeking a Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into the communal violence was placed before Chief Justice Arun Bhansali and Justice Vikas Budhwar today who directed the matter to be placed before the appropriate bench.
