After the Sambhal violence in Uttar Pradesh, the police has set up a police post right in front of the disputed Shahi Jama Masjid. Now the work of building a police post has been started on the land seized from Shariq Satha, a close aide of terrorist Dawood Ibrahim. This land seized from the country’s biggest autorickshaw thief is located in Hindupura Kheda area. This area was also in the grip of violence. After this, the state government had confiscated Satha’s property worth about one crore rupees.
Actually, the survey of the disputed Jama Masjid structure was being conducted on the orders of the court. During the survey, on 24 November 2024, fundamentalist Muslims attacked the survey team and the police. A mob of thousands fired at the police, pelted stones and set fire to vehicles. during this time Hindupura Kheda There was violence by the mob in the area also. Here an inspector’s magazine was looted and his bike was set on fire.
Along with this, in the presence of DM and SP, the radicals pelted stones and fired on the police. Superintendent of Police Krishna Kumar Vishnoi and his PRO Sanjeev Kumar were injured by bullets at this very place. Police have arrested many accused in this case, while the search for other accused is still going on.
Before this, a police post has been constructed on the vacant land just in front of the disputed mosque. It has been named Satyavrat Chowki. The ancient name of Sambhal is Satyavrat Nagar. Now the second place most affected by violence is Hindupura, where a second outpost is being constructed. Shariq Satha’s involvement in the Sambhal violence has come to light. He had sent weapons and money etc. here.
This land of Shariq Satha, originally a resident of Deepa Sarai, Meerut, has been confiscated under the Gangster Act. For some time now, Saatha has run away and is living in Dubai. Shariq Satha once worked as a helper on trucks and buses. After this he came in contact with criminals and got involved in incidents like robbery, theft, dacoity and vehicle theft.
Shariq Satha formed a gang and started stealing vehicles. He luxury cars Didn’t even leave it. After stealing the vehicles, he used to sell them in Nepal. In this way Shariq Satha became the leader of India’s biggest vehicle theft gang. He also made a lot of illegal money. Shariq was jailed in a case and when he was released from jail in 2018, he made a fake passport and fled to Dubai.
Some reports say that he fled to Dubai in the year 2020. In the year 2021, he was revealed to be in Dubai. More than 100 cases are registered against Satha across the country. In Nakhasa itself, 12 cases including robbery, dacoity, vehicle theft, Goonda Act and Gangster Act are registered. According to SP Krishna Vishnoi, the police is also collecting information from other states to expose his criminal network.
After escaping to Dubai, instead of stealing his gang’s car, he deals in fake currency notes. Shariq Satha is associated with Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI and Dawood Ibrahim’s gang for this work. His disciples manage his business in India and even visit him in Dubai when needed. In 2021, two of his henchmen were caught with fake currency notes of ₹4 lakh.
They took his name. Both of them were also residents of Sambhal. Sambhal Police now suspects that its henchmen were involved in the violence that took place on November 24, 2024 and it was they who had sent them help from Dubai for the violence. A few days after the violence, the police also recovered cartridges made in Pakistan’s government ordnance factory in the drain. There is a suspicion that the cartridges were also sent by Shariq through some henchman.
