Sambhal Violence Live Highlights: People Stuck In Traffic For 3 Hours Clash With Congress Workers At Ghazipur Border
Last week, several Samajwadi Party (SP) MPs were stopped from entering the district. Congress's Uttar Pradesh Chief Ajay Rai was also stopped citing prohibitory orders.
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Sambhal Violence Live Highlights: Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi led a Congress delegation to violence-hit Sambhal on Wednesday, with police and administration geared up to stop them at the Ghazipur border. Prohibitory orders, including a ban on the entry of outsiders, are in place in Sambhal. Last week, several Samajwadi Party (SP) MPs were stopped from entering the district. Congress's Uttar Pradesh Chief Ajay Rai was also stopped citing prohibitory orders.
Security was tightened in Sambhal, where four people died and many were injured in the November 24 violence, and vehicles were being checked at district borders.
Curbs under Section 163 (power to issue order in urgent cases of nuisance or apprehended danger) of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), which were set to expire on Sunday, have now been extended till December 31 in Sambhal.
All the honourable public representatives have been told that it will be better if they do not come to Sambhal till December 10, Superintendent of Police Krishan Kumar told reporters.
"For this, a message has also been sent to them and they have also been informed about BNSS 163 being enforced in Sambhal. I hope that they will cooperate with us in maintaining the peace and order of Sambhal," he said.
District Magistrate Rajendra Pensia on Tuesday wrote a letter to the police commissioners of Gautam Buddh Nagar and Ghaziabad and the superintendents of police of Amroha and Bulandshahr districts, urging them to stop Gandhi at the borders of their districts keeping in mind the "communal sensitivity" of Sambhal.
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