On September 12, a time aft a convulsive clash betwixt Right-wing groups and Shimla constabulary astatine Sanjauli implicit the mosque. (File/PTI Photo)
The tribunal of Commissioner of Municipal Corporation (MC), Shimla, Bhupender Kumar Attri, connected Saturday accepted the submission of Sanjauli Mosque Committee, allowing it to demolish 3 stories of the mosque wrong a play of 2 months. The tribunal besides fixed the adjacent day of proceeding for December 21.
The tribunal of the MC Commissioner rejected the exertion of section residents of Sanjauli for making them a enactment successful the ongoing litigation pertaining to the mosque. The mosque committee members volition demolish the mosque connected their ain cost.
Advocate B S Thakur, representing the Muslim Waqf Board, said, “The tribunal has accepted the submission of the mosque committee to demolish the operation which is lasting beyond the permissible bounds astatine the broadside of the mosque. The tribunal has fixed 2 months’ clip to the committee members to demolish the operation astatine their ain cost. Today’s determination was an interim order. Final determination is yet to come. The adjacent day of proceeding is December 21.”
On September 12, a time aft a convulsive clash betwixt Right-wing groups and Shimla constabulary astatine Sanjauli implicit the mosque, bureau bearers of the Mosque committee submitted a memorandum to the municipal commissioner urging him to seal the unauthorised information of the operation and offered to demolish it erstwhile the tribunal delivered a verdict connected the matter.
Sources said, “At slightest 10 people, including six constabulary personnel, and 4 civilians were injured successful the clash. Over 15 FIRs were registered. Over 60 suspects, including members of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal, Devbhoomi Sangarsh Samiti, and the BJP, were identified for their alleged information successful the clash.”
Notably, the substance pertaining to the Sanjauli mosque has triggered ample standard protests crossed Himachal Pradesh demanding amerciable mosques built connected the onshore of the Muslim Waqf Board to beryllium demolished.