The people of the Muslim community were enraged when they saw the survey team at Jama Masjid in Sambhal early in the morning. The enraged crowd pelted stones at the police. People pelted stones on the police for almost three hours. Police fired tear gas shells and lathi charge to disperse the crowd. Convincing the angry people, SP said – Don't waste your future in the name of politicians, but people were not ready to listen to anything.
25 pictures of chaos in Sambhal…
Police fired tear gas canisters to disperse the crowd.
When the crowd did not disperse, the police opened fire.
Police were seen hiding in the streets amid stone pelting.
Bricks and stones are strewn on the streets after the violence in Sambhal.
Vehicles were torched during the violence.
The mob also torched vehicles parked on the street to stop the police from advancing.
After the violence, the administration has removed the stones strewn on the streets. Four trolley stones were collected.
The policemen were treated for their injuries. After which they started controlling the crowd again.
SP was hit by a stone during stone pelting. A fellow policeman was also injured.
The mob set fire to private and government vehicles of the police.
The SP himself ran with a gun to control the crowd.
When the police tried to stop them outside the Jama Masjid, the crowd pelted stones. Police fired tear gas canisters and lathi-charged.
The protesters set fire to the car in front of the police.
Unruly mobs set fire to several vehicles parked on the streets.
Police officers were repeatedly urging the crowd to go home.
People started pelting stones on the police who were chasing the crowd. Due to which the atmosphere became worse.
Police fired tear gas canisters to drive people back.
During lathi charge, people lost their shoes and slippers while fleeing.
A survey was going on in this mosque of Sambhal, after which a controversy started.
On the spot, the SP appealed to the people to step back.
Police took some people into custody after lathi charge.
The unruly crowd pelted stones on the police team.
Police are chasing people.
While the team was conducting a survey inside the mosque, the police were busy controlling the crowd outside.
The police chased the people. During this there was stone pelting.
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