WEB DESK

The Uttar Pradesh (UP) administration on Wednesday made public photos of several People whome it claimed to be involved in violence in Sambhal on Sunday, attacking the police as well as the mosque survey team.

This includes three women accused also, who allegedly helped the stone-pelters in escalating violence during the deadly face-off between protesters and the police.

The violent confrontation in Sambhal on Sunday has resulted in the death of four youths and injury to several people, including over a dozen policemen.

The violence broke out as a mob gathered outside the city’s Jama Masjid to protest against the court-ordered survey.

Police maintain that it was a pre-planned attack with the blessings of some ‘influential’ people.

“Women accomplices were instructed to hurl stones at the cops from the rooftops,” one of the accused told the police.