Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Brajesh Pathak accused Congress leaders of politicising the violence in Sambhal and urged politicians to refrain from disrupting the law and order of the state.

Security arrangement are in place over the planned visit of Lok Sabha LoP and Cong MP Rahul Gandhi along with his MP sister Priyanka to violence-hit Sambhal.

A massive traffic jam was witnessed at the Ghazipur border on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway on Wednesday morning as Congress workers gathered there defying heavy barricading ahead of Rahul Gandhi's visi

Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi were stopped at the Ghazipur border on the Delhi-Meerut Expressway while they were on their way to violence-hit Sambhal on Wednesday. A video captured barriers and a significant police presence near the border.