Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh: The Sambhal police have arrested Advocate Zafar Ali, the president of the Jama Masjid Committee, in connection with the violence that erupted in the district on November 24.

Earlier today,  the Police summoned Zafar Ali for questioning regarding the violence. Sambhal's Assistant Superintendent of Police Shrish Chandra mentioned the summons according to sources.

The Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) had filed a chargesheet of over 4,000 pages in six of the 12 cases in the November 24 Sambhal violence that erupted during the ASI's examination of the Mughal-era mosque. The violence had resulted in the deaths of four individuals and injuries to several others, including officials and locals.

According to the charge sheet, there were 159 total accused in the case. It also mentioned that the weapons recovered from the site of violence and other places were manufactured in the United Kingdom, USA, Germany, and Czechoslovakia.

Since November of last year, no other incident of violence has been reported in the area, and police also maintained tight security amid the Holi celebrations by carrying out the flag marches.