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Uttar Pradesh Police have booked Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rehman Barq and local SP MLA Iqbal Mehmood's son Sohail Iqbal for opposing a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque.
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Following clashes between locals, the cops have also arrested 25 people for the violence, as it has claimed four lives and a security personnel.
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In Sambhal, Monday was tense, but it went off peacefully.
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The streets around the Shahi Jama Masjid were deserted; there was a heavy police presence in the entire area, and patrolling was on.
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RAF personnel guard in a violence-hit area in Sambhal, UP.
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A deserted view of a road in Sambhal, UP.
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Security personnel deployed to maintain law and order a day after clashes between police and protesters opposing the survey of the Jama Masjid in Sambhal, UP.
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Tension had been brewing in Sambhal since November 19, when the Jama Masjid was first surveyed on the court's orders following a petition claiming that a Harihar temple once stood at the site.
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On Sunday, trouble started early when a large group of people gathered near the mosque and started shouting slogans as the survey team began its work.
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The protesters clashed with the security personnel, torched vehicles, and pelted stones.
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The district administration imposed prohibitory orders and barred the entry of outsiders till November 30.
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Workers remove brick bats from a road after violence erupted during the second survey of the Jama Masjid, claimed to be originally the site of an ancient Hindu temple in Sambhal, UP.
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Charred remains of vehicles after violence erupted during the second survey of the Jama Masjid, claimed to be originally the site of an ancient Hindu temple in Sambhal, UP.
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Police try to control the situation amid violence during a second survey of the Jama Masjid, claimed to be originally the site of an ancient Hindu temple in Sambhal, UP.
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