Overview

• Uttar Pradesh Police issued a lookout circular for Shariq Satha, named as the main conspirator accused of supplying weapons for the Sambhal clashes.
• Sambhal’s superintendent said Satha faces criminal-conspiracy charges in five related cases, including four tied to murder.
• Moradabad police arrested three alleged members of an auto-lifting syndicate linked to Satha and recovered seven luxury vehicles with forged documents and fake plates.
• Investigators reported recovering six empty cartridges from the violence site, including one manufactured in Pakistan, prompting scrutiny of foreign links.
• Police registered 12 FIRs after the November incident, arrested over 100 suspects, filed chargesheets in all cases, and begun trials in 10, with three of Satha’s associates held in the violence probe.