NEW DLEHI – The police in South Delhi have arrested two miscreants when they were vandalising a mazar (Muslim shrine) at CDR Chowk in Chatarpur on Tuesday. This is the second time in a month when the mazar was being damaged.
The two accused, who were arrested for the latest incident of vandalising the mazar, were identified as Ranjeet Kumar and Kanishk Chand — both residents of Basai Darapur. They were inspired by the woman who tried to vandalise the mazar earlier. While Kumar is a trainee at Delhi’s ITI, Chand is a third-year BBA student in a private college.
According to Atul Kumar Thakur, DCP (South), a case has been filed against the culprits for damaging the shrine, outraging religious sentiments, and assaulting and obstructing public persons in discharge of their duty.
Informing about the incident, the police said they got a call around 5.40 am on Tuesday about some miscreants trying to vandalise the mazhar near CDR Chowk. An emergency response vehicle was rushed to the spot and the men were stopped. According to the police, the accused resisted arrest and misbehaved with the police.
Shafiq Khan, a local resident who works at a nearby mosque, said the shrine has been there since long and that “it does not disrupt commuters because it is on one side of the road”.
Earlier, a video clip of a woman removing the chadar from the same shrine had gone viral. In the video, she could be seen trying to vandalise the structure and arguing with religious leaders there.
DCP Thakur said she was arrested last month. Police claimed the youth were inspired by her after watching the video, and “wanted to take the issue into their own hands”.
This story first appeared on clarionindia.net
