Lucknow, Feb. 21 -- Uttar Pradesh Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya applauded the police after chargesheets were filed by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on the 79 accused people of the Sambhal riots.

Speaking to the media, Maurya said "It is good that a chargesheet has been filed. The police has worked very hard...the criminals have been caught and that is a really good thing. The police will keep doing their work..."

This comes after a stone pelting incident occurred in Sambhal on November 24 during the ASI's examination of the Mughal-era mosque, resulting in the deaths of four individuals and injuries to several others, including officials and locals.

Notably, since the Sambhal violence, the district administration has been taking...