Amidst tensions in Sambhal due to the controversial Shahi Jama Masjid survey, the Supreme Court directed the trial court to halt proceedings and keep

Four people died after violence broke out in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal after a trial court allowed the survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid following claims that it was built by destroying a Hindu temple.

Friday prayers at the Shahi Jama Masjid and other places in this district passed off peacefully amid tight security while Internet services were restored here, days after a violent protest against a court-ordered survey of the Mughal-era mosque claimed four lives.

The Supreme Court has stayed proceedings in the Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid case until the mosque committee approaches the High Court.

The Supreme Court on Friday asked the trial court in Uttar Pradesh not to proceed in the suit against Sambhal Jama Masjid till the mosque committee's

Tensions in Sambhal have been simmering since the local court ordered a survey of the mosque on November 19. Meanwhile, security has been tightened in Sambhal, after Friday prayers on9. Security surveillance of the area is being done by drone cameras deployed by Police.

A 15-member delegation of Samajwadi Party (SP) will go to UP’s Sambhal on Saturday to gather information about the violence that broke out after a survey in the Shahi Jama Masjid complex, the party said on Friday.

Supreme Court directs UP Police to maintain peace after civil court-ordered mosque survey sparks violence and communal tension.

The petition contends that the survey at Sambhal's Jama Masjid, ordered by a civil judge, was conducted hastily and could lead to communal tensions, jeopardizing the secular fabric of the country.