Amid escalating tensions over a decades-old mosque on Uttarkashi, the Uttarakhand authorities has stated it had not granted permission for a mahapanchayat that Hindu outfits had deliberate on December 1 to push for his or her demand of demolishing the shrine. This comes amid escalating tensions in regards to the mosque, with outfits resembling Sanyukt Sanatan Dharm Raksha Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad insisting they might proceed with the deliberate occasion.
In the meantime, the state authorities has transferred Uttarkashi SP Amit Srivastava inside three months of his appointment. The switch comes simply over a month after the Uttarkashi Police led by him stopped a crowd from deviating from its pre-approved protest route and heading in direction of the mosque, sparking stone pelting and vandalism within the space.
In its clarification earlier than the excessive courtroom Wednesday, the state’s BJP authorities stated satisfactory safety had been supplied to the mosque. The remarks, made whereas the courtroom was listening to a petition, got here days after the courtroom ordered that the mosque be protected and directed authorities to behave towards hate speech.
“The state has assured the courtroom that satisfactory safety is being supplied to the non secular construction, with round the clock monitoring,” Kartikeya Hari Gupta, the counsel for the petitioners, stated. “The courtroom reiterated that threats of demolition and hate speech are unacceptable in a rustic ruled by the rule of regulation.”
Of their petition, Mushraf Ali, president of the Alpsankhayak Seva Samiti, and Istiak Ahmed flagged issues over alleged anti-Muslim speeches and sought state safety for minority properties, together with the Jama Masjid on Bhatwari Street.
The petitioners claimed that the mosque comes below the wakf board and that that they had proof – an alleged sale deed from 1969 and a gazette notification from 1987 – to show this.
The dispute started in September, when some individuals claiming to be affiliated with the Sanyukt Sanatan Dharm Raksha Sangh and Vishwa Hindu Parishad allegedly threatened to demolish the mosque. This led to tensions within the city, in the end culminating in stone-pelting and vandalism that led to a number of individuals – together with regulation enforcement officers – being wounded on October 24.
Chatting with The Indian Specific, Uttarkashi Superintendent of Police Amit Srivastava confirmed that some outfits have but to be granted permission to carry the rally.
“Police personnel have been deployed across the mosque to keep up regulation and order,” he stated.
