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After stone pelting, police resorted to lathi charge. During this period 27 people were injured. Two police personnel were seriously injured.
Police have named eight people in the case of seven policemen injured in the violence that took place on October 24 in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. At the same time, a case has been registered against 200 unknown people. Stone pelting took place during a demonstration demanding demolition of a mosque in Uttarkashi.
After this the police also lathicharged. During this period, 27 people including seven police personnel were injured. Two police personnel were seriously injured. Police said that 14 sections of the Indian Justice Code (BNS) have been imposed on the miscreants. Section 109 of BNS for murderous assault and Section 121 (2) for causing grievous hurt to a government servant have been imposed against the accused.
District Magistrate Meharban Singh Bisht said that Section 163 is in force in the district. Its objective is to restore peace. The whole day was peaceful yesterday. School and Char Dham Yatra also went smoothly. Normal activities are going on. I appeal to the citizens for cooperation, soon the situation will become normal.
Due to the demonstration, heavy police force was deployed around the mosque.
Protestors’ allegation – Stone pelting took place as part of a conspiracy to worsen the situation. Hindu organizations alleged that the mosque built in Barahat area was built on government land. However, the district administration clarified that the mosque is old and is built on the land of people of Muslim community. During the demonstration, the administration had put up barricades to stop the crowd from moving towards the mosque.
There was a heated argument between the protesters and the police to remove it. Then the protesters sat near the barricading and started reciting Hanuman Chalisa. After some time, when an attempt was made to remove the barricading again, a scuffle broke out between the protesters and the police.
After this stone pelting started. The protesters alleged that stones were pelted at the police as part of a conspiracy to worsen the situation.
Protests taking place at various places after Sanjauli Masjid controversy
A 5-storey mosque was built without permission in Sanjauli, Shimla, the work of demolishing the upper 3 floors of which has started by the committee itself.
There was an uproar in the entire Himachal Pradesh due to Sanjauli Mosque in Shimla, the capital of Himachal Pradesh. Hindu organizations had also raised the demand for demolition of illegal mosques in Solan, Mandi, Kullu and Sirmaur districts. After this, such a case has also come to light in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand. However, the administration says that the mosque is legal.
The mosque was built before the independence of the country, when it was only two storeyed. Later three more floors were built illegally. A case against this was going on in the Municipal Corporation Commissioner’s court for 14 years.
The matter came into limelight on September 1 when protests broke out outside the mosque following a fight between two communities. Local residents alleged that people were peeping into their houses from the illegal floors of the mosque.
Municipal Corporation Commissioner’s order – Mosque Committee should demolish illegal floors at its own expense, work started
On October 5, the Municipal Corporation Commissioner had ordered the demolition of the illegal floors of the mosque. Sanjauli Masjid Committee has been asked to do this work at its own expense. After taking permission from the Waqf Board, the mosque committee started the work of demolishing the illegal part from October 21.
This matter is also to be heard in Himachal High Court. Local people have filed a petition for this. He says that the decision has not been taken yet in the Municipal Corporation Commissioner’s court for 14 years. The commissioner’s order to demolish the mosque is also interim.
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