Charge Sheet Deadline Approaches, Over 400 More Suspects Identified

As the February-end deadline to file charge sheets in nearly a dozen cases related to the Sambhal violence on November 24 last year approaches, the Sambhal police have identified 400 more suspects, said senior police officials.

- HT Correspondent

LUCKNOW: So far, 75 accused have been arrested while a hunt is on for the remaining ones, the officials said.

Those arrested include four women and two members of the Shariq Satha gang, who are accused of killing two people each during the violence.

Earlier, FIRs were filed against 38 named accused and 2,500 unidentified accused for pelting police personnel with stones, firing and arson during a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Masjid in Sambhal on November 24, 2024.

A senior police official said over 400 more suspects have been identified by scanning CCTV footage of the violence.