MEERUT, Nov. 27 -- The Special Investigation Team (SIT), which is probing the last year's communal violence in Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district over a court-ordered survey of a Mughal-era mosque there in which five people had lost their lives, on Wednesday (November 26) lodged two fresh FIRs against alleged prime conspirator Shariq Satha of Deepa Sarai area.

The FIRs were registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) section 209 (offence for a person to fail to appear in response to a proclamation issued under section 84 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita- BNSS). The reports were filed by officers investigating two different cases at Nakhasa police station after Satha failed to appear in court despite being declared absconding. ...