India News | Sambhal Man Under Police Scanner for Consulting Pakistani Scholar on Martyrdom

Sambhal (UP), Jan 17 (PTI) Police here are looking for a man who allegedly sought advice from an Pakistani scholar on Sambhal violence.

The man, identified as Mohammad Akil, was captured conversing with the supposed scholar in a video which showed up on social media.

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According to police, Akil, a Sambhal native, was seen asking the supposed scholar whether the ones who died in the November violence should be considered "martyrs."

Four people were killed in a confrontation between police and the people protesting the survey of the local Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal on November 24.

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Superintendent of Police Krishna Kumar Vishnoi said police have formed two teams to track Akil and the platform used to connect with the supposed scholar.

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