Fatehpur court orders removal of encroachments from govt land ‘illegally occupied to build mosque’ | Lucknow News

Members of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Bajrang Dal have been elevating the problem, demanding to demolish the mosque constructed on authorities land. In July, they’d even organised a Hindu panchayat over the problem.

An office-bearer of the Sunni Madina Masjid Committee, which manages the mosque, mentioned they’d determine whether or not to file an attraction in opposition to the order or not after holding consultations with their senior members.

“The mosque was constructed within the Nineteen Seventies on the land allotted by the gram sabha and a payment was deposited at the moment. Since then, common renovations have been carried out however no new building has taken place. False allegations are being made that we’re extending the mosque by buying close by areas. The district administration had beforehand carried out a survey following a grievance and confirmed that the land was certainly allotted for the mosque,” mentioned Chhedi Ali, a mosque committee member.

He added, “Final month, we acquired a discover from the lekhpal’s court docket. We submitted an in depth reply stating that the land was allotted and that the mosque was registered with the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Waqf Board in 2020. We are going to file an attraction in opposition to the order after consultations.”

Ali mentioned the mosque serves the area people in addition to residents from 5 neighboring villages. Malwan village has a predominantly Hindu inhabitants of 4,500.

Village pradhan Ramroop mentioned, “The mosque was constructed over 4 a long time in the past and is situated subsequent to a pond. There are allegations that the mosque was prolonged after the pond was crammed in. The district administration carried out a survey, however I’m unaware of its findings. Members of the VHP and Bajrang Dal have been elevating the problem, and final month they protested, demanding the demolition of the mosque.”

Fatehpur Lekhpal Sevak Lal mentioned that the committee overseeing the mosque was fashioned in 2019, and it was solely then that they grew to become conscious of the mosque. “We acquired a grievance alleging that the mosque was constructed on authorities land, which was forwarded to us by senior officers. An inquiry was carried out and it was discovered that the mosque was constructed on round 220 sq. metres of gram sabha land. We submitted the inquiry report within the court docket which issued an order to take away the encroachment from the land on which the mosque is constructed.”

The court docket directed the lekhpal to take away the encroachments with assist from police and submit a report quickly, it’s learnt.
VHP’s district office-bearer Shailesh Singh mentioned, “Now we have been elevating the problem of the mosque being constructed on authorities land since 2006. We submitted petitions to the authorities to take motion, however nothing was achieved. Finally, we held a panchayat to attract consideration to the matter, and later submitted a memorandum to senior authorities.”