LUCKNOW, Aug. 7 -- 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 the violence, the state set up a three-member commission, headed by Justice Devendra Kumar Arora, a former Allahabad high court judge, with retired IAS officer Amit Mohan Prasad and retired IPS officer Arvind Kumar Jain as members to determine whether the violence was sudden or pre-planned, examine the preparedness of the administration and police, and recommend measures to prevent similar incidents. Tracing the background of the incident, the report said the civil judge at Chandausi on November 19, 2024 ordered a survey of the disputed religious structure after Hindu litigants claimed the Jama Masjid was built over the ancient Hari Har Temple. Acting on the order, the advocate commissioner sought adequate police deployment to ensure peaceful execution of the survey. The commission, however, drew a clear distinction between the survey and the violence, stating that the judicial order merely triggered the sequence of events while the violence was the culmination of prior planning and mobilisation....