Sambhal SIT charges 2 with twin murders | India News

BAREILLY: A 500-page chargesheet was Thursday filed by the SIT in instances involving the alleged homicide of Mohd Bilal and Ayan, two of the 5 males killed in violence throughout a court-directed survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal on Nov 24, 2024.
An SIT officer in Sambhal, requesting anonymity, mentioned Friday that the chargesheet within the “two murder cases” was submitted to the native court docket on Thursday night, and “chargesheets in two other cases will be filed soon”. Police had already filed chargesheets associated to stone pelting and mob assault, and this was the “first chargesheet” filed in connection to the deaths within the violence. Several police personnel have been additionally injured at the moment.
Ghulam Shah and Mulla Afroz – each native residents with a legal previous and purported hyperlinks with Dubai-based fugitive Shariq Satha – have been charged with the alleged murders of Bilal and Ayan alongside with “inciting others to create violence”. After their arrest, police mentioned a big amount of weapons and different suspicious objects have been seized.
During investigation, the identify of Satha, one of many alleged masterminds, cropped up. He was purportedly discovered to have orchestrated the unrest through native aides, and “supplied the weapons”.
The probe additionally revealed that Shah and Afroz allegedly fired with unlawful weapons upon the gang on Nov 24. The duo is believed to have mentioned throughout interrogation that the availability of weapons was carried out on the behest of Satha, who was “providing instructions from the UAE”.
Police have registered seven FIRs for “violence”. The sufferer’s kin have lodged 4 extra FIRs towards unidentified individuals for the “killings”. Another FIR was filed by an injured particular person towards unidentified suspects of Turkic descent in Moradabad for “attempt to murder”. All 12 FIRs are below SIT investigation. Police additionally recovered bullets reportedly manufactured in Pakistan and the US, suggesting “external links”.
Among the 12 FIRs, 37 accused have been named, together with SP MP Ziaur Rahman Barq and MLA Iqbal Mahmood’s son Suhail. In addition, round 3,750 unidentified people are accused in a number of instances, and in accordance with police, over 80 folks have been arrested thus far.