Administration sought time to send the report of sambhal riots…The sambhal district administration has taken 15 more days from the government to send the report of the 1978 riots in sambhal, Uttar Pradesh. The files of 10 riot cases have been found, but the case number 441/78 has troubled the officials. Its file is not being found. All the cases related to murder were included in this case with crime number 88. The files of the 10 cases found are of attempt to burn alive and robbery sections.
The officials are busy studying the files, preparations are on to send the report to the government soon. After the matter of the 1978 riots was raised in the Legislative Council on december 17, 2024, the government had sought a report from the administration on january 6, the report could not be sent due to non-availability of files. After the government took cognizance, the district administration has sought another fifteen days, some riot victims of 1978 want to get the investigation done again. The officers will also send their applications to the government along with their report, on this basis a re-investigation can be done.
Many people were burnt alive in sambhal riots
Communal riots broke out in sambhal on march 29, 1978, in which many people were burnt alive, after the riots many Hindu families living in Muslim-dominated areas migrated. At that time sambhal was a part of Moradabad district. 16 cases were filed in various courts here, on december 23, 1993, the then Mulayam government of the state withdrew eight cases. The 1978 riots also came into the headlines after violence broke out in protest against the survey of Jama Masjid on november 24, 2024.
Let us tell you that on december 14, 2024, a shiva temple was found in Khaggu Sarai. It was closed since the 1978 riots. The administrative officials opened this temple and started the worship. After this, many riot victims came forward. Only after this the matter was raised in the Legislative Council. According to official sources, files of 10 riot cases have been found so far. Most of which are cases that have been withdrawn. The murder cases in the riots were included in file number 441/78. Due to the non-availability of the file, the district administration is not able to finalize its report.
