New Delhi: A court in Chandausi here has ordered the registration of an FIR against former Sambhal Circle Officer Anuj Chaudhary, former Sambhal Kotwali in-charge Anuj Tomar and unidentified police personnel in connection with the Sambhal violence case of 2024.
The order was passed by Chief Judicial Magistrate Vibhanshu Sudhir on January 9 on a plea filed by the father of a man injured during the violence, who alleged that his son was shot at by police.
Yameen, a resident of the Khaggu Sarai locality in the Nakhasa police station area, has alleged in his police complaint that his 24-year-old son, Alam, had gone out to sell papad on November 24, 2024, and was shot at by police personnel near the Shahi Jama Masjid area.
The complainant has named then CO Chaudhary and then Kotwali Station House Officer (SHO) Tomar as respondents, besides 10 to 12 unidentified police personnel.
The case was filed on February 6, 2025, and after hearings, the court on January 9, directed the registration of an FIR against all the accused police officials.
Advocate Chaudhary Akhtar Hussain Sajeb told PTI that Alam got himself treated while hiding from police and the court has accepted the plea seeking the registration of an FIR against the police officers concerned.
Sambhal Superintendent of Police Krishna Kumar Bishnoi told PTI that police would challenge the court order. “An appeal will be filed. An FIR will not be registered as a judicial inquiry in the matter has already been conducted,” he said.
Chaudhary is currently posted as the additional superintendent of police (rural) in Firozabad, while Tomar is now the SHO of Chandausi Kotwali in Sambhal district.
Violence erupted in Sambhal on November 24, 2024, during a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid following a civil suit claiming that the structure stood on the site of an ancient Harihar temple.
The unrest left five people dead and 29 police personnel injured.
A total of 12 FIRs were registered in connection with the incident, naming more than 2,200 people, including several political figures.
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