Sambhal Superintendent Of Police Krishan Kumar and District Magistrate Rajender Pensiya on Sunday offered prayers at the newly-discovered Shiv-Hanuman Temple, which was reopened after authorities stumbled on it during an anti-encroachment drive. Earlier in the day, an aarti was performed at the Hanuman Temple after it was reopened by the district administration on Saturday after it was locked since 1978 …
Nearly three weeks after violence erupted in Sambhal on November 24 during the second round of a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Mosque and claimed four lives, a joint team of the power department and the Nagar Palika Parishad carried out a special drive against encroachment and power theft in the localities around the Mughal-era mosque on Saturday. Security personnel …
Sambhal District Magistrate Dr Rajender Pensiya on Monday held a press conference day after the locals opposing a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque clashed with the violence. Rajender Pensiya denied the statements of Zafar Ali, the chief of the Shahi Jama Masjid Committee, who said that the survey was done on the directions of the District Magistrate. #WATCH | …