Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Burke has suffered a major setback in the violence that took place during the survey in Sambhal's Shahi Jama Masjid on November 24 when Allahabad High Court refused to quash an FIR registered against him.

The MP had filed the writ petition in the Allahabad high court seeking a stay on his arrest in connection with the recent FIR lodged against him.

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.

The Allahabad High Court on Friday (January 3, 2025) stayed the arrest of Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Barq in connection with violence that broke in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal during a survey of Shahi Jama Masjid mosque.

The Allahabad High Court on Friday refused to quash an FIR lodged against Samajwadi Party (SP) MP from Sambhal Zia-Ur-Rehman Barq for allegedly delivering a provocative speech that led to violence in the Uttar Pradesh district recently.

The Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Barq amid violence during a mosque survey in Sambhal, Uttar Pradesh

Congress leader Ajay Rai on Friday lauded the Allahabad High Court's decision to prevent the arrest of Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur Rehman Barq in connection with the Sambhal violence case, after earlier rejecting his plea to quash the First Information Report (FIR) against him and directing him to cooperate with the police investigation.