Prayagraj,

3 January (H.S.): Allahabad High Court has stayed the arrest of SP MP Zia-ur-Rehman

Barq, accused in the case of instigating people for the violence that took

place during the survey on November 24 at Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal

district, but has decided not to quash FIR registered against the MP.

The

demand has been rejected. This order was given by the division bench of Justice

Rajeev Gupta and Justice Azhar Hussain Idrisi on Friday through advocate Imran

on behalf of MP Barq. After listening to Ullah and Syed Iqbal and government

advocate AK Sand on behalf of the state government.

The court has directed the

investigation of the case to continue and MP Barq to cooperate in the police

investigation. Sambhal police had also made SP MP Barq an accused in the

violence that took place on November 24.

An FIR was registered against him under

several sections. MP Barq had challenged the FIR in the petition and also

demanded that the FIR be cancelled.

Hindusthan Samachar / Abhishek Awasthi