Claims that a mosque was built over a temple stoked tensions, but India’s top court shares blame, say lawyers.

Authorities have closed schools and suspended internet services in a northern Indian city a day after four people were killed in clashes sparked by an official survey probing whether a 16th-century mosque was built on a Hindu temple.

Seven FIRs have been lodged following violent clashes over the survey of a Mughal-era mosque in Sambhal. Samajwadi Party figures are among those named. Internet services are suspended, and the district is under prohibitory orders.

Clashes broke out between protesters and the police during a court-monitored survey of a Centuries-old mosque.

Prohibitory orders were enforced in Sambhal district after clashes over a court-mandated survey of a Mughal-era mosque resulted in three deaths. Security officials were injured in the violence, and 21 people have been detained.

Four people were killed in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh after violence erupted during a court-ordered survey of a 16th-century mosque. The clashes between locals and police over the Mughal-era Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal,

Clashes broke out between protesters and the police during a court-monitored survey of the Mughal-era Jama Masjid (mosque). Authorities have detained 21 people in connection with