LUCKNOW, Aug. 6 -- The communal violence at Sambhal on November 24, 2024, was the result of a "calculated criminal conspiracy" that was targeted at obstructing a court-ordered survey of the disputed Jama Masjid-Hari Har Mandir site, and not a spontaneous reaction, according to a report of the judicial inquiry commission set up by the Uttar Pradesh government to investigate the issue that was tabled in the state assembly on Wednesday.

Four people died in the violence.

The dispute over the religious nature of the site itself is in a state of suspension with an interim order of the Supreme Court staying proceedings in a lower court till it (the Supreme Court) considers broader issues related to the Places of Worship Act of 1991.

Following...