MEERUT, June 23 -- Days after a charge sheet was filed against Samajwadi Party MP Zia-ur-Rahman Barq and 22 others in connection with the violence that broke out near Sambhal Shahi Jama Masjid in November last year, the Sambhal MP has alleged that a deliberate attempt has been made to tarnish his image and suppress his voice.

"Some forces want to silence my voice because I am not for sale and I do not bow down," he posted on a social media platform on Saturday night. An 1,100-page charge sheet was filed by the police in the Chandausi MP/MLA court on June 18 in which Barq has been named as one of the main conspirators in the violence that broke out in Sambhal during a survey at Jama Masjid on November 24, 2024, in which four people were k...