India, Aug. 30 -- SAMBHAL A day after the judicial commission set up by the UP government to probe the November 24 violence at the Shahi Jama Masjid in Sambhal submitted its 450-page report to chief minister Yogi Adityanath, the mosque side on Friday questioned the very relevance of the report.

Advocate Shakeel Ahmad Warsi, appearing for the mosque, said they would first study the contents of the report but stressed that the inquiry had lost significance. "When the police have already filed charge sheets against the accused, the commission's role no longer holds justification," Warsi remarked.

He said the commission's mandate was limited only to investigating the November 24 incident.

The chain of events began on November 19, when the ...