New Delhi, March 23 -- Jama Masjid Sadar chief Zafar Ali has been arrested in connection with the November 24 Sambhal violence by the Uttar Pradesh police. A special investigation team had been interrogating Zafar Ali on Sunday regarding the the violence which broke out in Sambhal a few months ago.

While being escorted by the police, Zafar Ali told reporters, 'I did not incite any violence".

The Uttar Pradesh Police's Special Investigation Team (SIT) had filed a chargesheet of over 4,000 pages in six of the 12 cases in the November 24 Sambhal violence that erupted during the ASI's examination of the Mughal-era mosque.

The Sambhal violence over the Shahi Jama Masjid survey resulted in the deaths of four individuals and injuries to sever...