A 4,400-page chargesheet submitted implicates Shariq Satha for orchestrating November's deadly violence in Sambhal. Linked to Dawood Ibrahim and Pakistan's ISI, Satha fled using a fake passport. Investigators found unusual money transfers and foreign-made cartridges, with further chargesheets expected as the probe continues.
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