Meerut, March 11 -- Out of the 12 cases registered in connection with the violence in Sambhal on November 24 last year, the charge sheets in six cases are yet to be filed. Four of the six cases are related to murder, one for attempted murder, and another one for inciting the crowd at Shahi Jama Masjid.

The police were awaiting ballistic reports before proceeding in five of the cases, and WhatsApp data from Meta for a particular case, a senior police official said. In the case regarding the incitement of a crowd, Sambhal MP Ziaur Rahman Barq has been accused of delivering an inflammatory speech; Sohail Iqbal (the son of MLA Iqbal Mahmood) has been charged with provoking the crowd.

Due to these delays, the charge sheets in these cases hav...