The Sambhal district in Uttar Pradesh witnessed stone pelting Sunday morning as a crew of surveyors reached the city to hold out a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Chandausi.
Visuals from the city confirmed folks pelting stones and slippers on the crew. The city has been below heavy police deployment for the previous few days, with drones and officers retaining a watch.
The district has been on edge since Wednesday after officers carried out a survey of the Shahi Jama Masjid in Chandausi.
A neighborhood temple priest had moved an software at a neighborhood court docket on Tuesday 1.30 pm, looking for a survey of the mosque. In his software, Rishi Raj Giri, the mahant of Kalka Devi temple in Chandausi, claimed {that a} temple existed on the website of the mosque earlier and alleged that Muslim rulers demolished it to construct the Shahi Jama Masjid in 1526.
VIDEO | Uttar Pradesh: Stones and slippers pelted in Sambhal when a survey crew reached Shahi Jama Masjid to conduct a survey of the mosque.
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After listening to the arguments for the following three hours, the court docket of Civil Decide (Senior Division) Aditya Singh directed Advocate Commissioner Ramesh Chand Raghav to hold out an preliminary survey of the mosque website to see if a temple existed there and sought the survey report by November 29.
By 6.15 pm Tuesday, the advocate commissioner and a crew comprising members of the managing committee of the Jama Masjid, the petitioner, and native officers reached the mosque to hold out the survey.
As phrases unfold, lots of of individuals belonging to the Muslim neighborhood reached the mosque. Apprehending hassle, the place was quickly fortified right into a high-security zone with a big presence of police personnel.
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