Sambhal violence case: HC refuses to quash FIR against SP MP Zia-Ur-Rehman Barq but arrest unlikely
The High Court has rejected a plea by the Samajwadi Party MP, Zia-Ur-Rehman Barq to quash an FIR against him for his role in the violence in Sambhal that occurred on November 24. The violence had occurred during a court-ordered survey of the Jama Masjid of Sambhal. Barq is accused of having incited the violence which left four people dead.