Samajwadi Party MP from Sambhal, Zia-ur-Rehman Barq, got a major relief when the Allahabad High Court on Friday stayed further proceedings of the lower court in the Sambhal violence.
The FIR filed by the Uttar Pradesh Police accuses Barq and local SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood’s son Sohail Iqbal of instigating the violence.
The violence erupted on Sunday morning as police conducting a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque faced stone pelting and arson by a mob.
