India, April 17 -- LUCKNOW Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Zia-ur-Rahman Barq on Wednesday appeared before the UP government-appointed judicial commission in Lucknow, which is probing the violence that erupted in Sambhal on November 24 last year. Speaking ahead of his appearance, he said: "We can't trust the police, administration and the government, but have full faith in our judiciary. I hope that the public and I will receive justice from the court."

The panel, probing the violence that resulted in four deaths and numerous injuries following a court-ordered survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid, summoned the Sambhal MP to appear in Lucknow on Wednesday. Barq spent around four and a half hours with the commission. The violence erupted following a co...