The Allahabad high court has stayed the arrest of Samajwadi Party MP Ziaur Rahman Barq in connection with the violence in Sambhal district. The court refused to quash the FIR and instructed Barq to cooperate with the investigation, noting that specific arrest guidelines must be adhered to if he is taken into custody.
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