Be careful. There was a lot of violence in Sambhal, UP on 24 November. Sambhal police have so far arrested 50 accused, including many women, in the violence case. After the violence in Sambhal, when the police investigated the incident site, cartridge cases made in Pakistan and America were also recovered. Since then, Sambhal police is investigating Pakistan connection in the violence. According to ABP News, Sambhal Police suspects that funding for the violence was received from Pakistan. Terrorist organizations based in Pakistan are also suspected of instigating violence in Sambhal. According to the news channel, Sambhal Police has opened the file of those people of the district who joined terrorist organizations in Pakistan.
Quoting the documents found by the Sambhal Police, the news channel has said that Shariq Satha, a resident of Sambhal, is a member of Dawood Ibrahim’s gang and lives in Dubai. He has also been funding terrorist activities in India. There are more than 50 cases against Shariq Satha, a native of Sambhal, in different police stations. Sambhal police feel that Shariq may have a hand in the violence that took place on November 24. Police have also identified some more terrorists. Of these, Saeed Akhtar and Usman Hussain are residents of the same Deepa Sarai in Sambhal, where the violence took place. According to Sambhal Police, Saeed Akhtar is missing since 1998. He is suspected to have joined Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan. At the same time, the police has information about Usman that he went to Pakistan in 1999 and took training by joining Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. That too in Afghanistan or Pakistan.
According to Sambhal Police, Sharjeel Akhtar, a resident of Nakhasa of the city, is absconding since 2012. He is associated with Al-Qaeda. Miscreants had also opened fire in Nakhasa. According to the news channel, among the documents it received, Mohammad Asif and Zafar Mahmood were associated with Al-Qaeda and later served a sentence of 7 years. Both were released in 2023 and live in Nakhasa. Sambhal police is investigating whether these two have any role in the violence or not. Earlier in Sambhal, Court Commissioner survey of Jama Masjid was conducted on the evening of 19th November. Then on November 24, when the Court Commissioner conducted the survey again in the morning, miscreants gathered there and resorted to violence. During this time the miscreants also opened fire and 4 people lost their lives.
