Sambhal district magistrate Rajendra Pensia announced on Sunday that authorities have discovered 60 Deva Tirthas and successfully removed encroachments from 44 of them. Pensia emphasized the importance of reviving wells before monsoon season and developing the area as a pilgrimage destination. The Uttar Pradesh Police SIT filed a 4,000-page chargesheet on Saturday for six of the 12 cases related to the November 24 Sambhal violence. The chargesheet revealed that 80 arrests have been made out of 159 total accused, with 79 arrests still pending. Authorities also discovered that weapons recovered from the violence site and other locations were manufactured in the United Kingdom, USA, Germany, and Czechoslovakia. The 24 Kosi Parikrama, which is 48 kilometres long, is completed and all the places of pilgrimage are beautified, says Pensia. The work is being done using the budget we are receiving under the Vandan Yojana, the 15th finance commission of the Municipal Council, and the Tourism and Religious Affairs Department.
