New Delhi: Former MP and BJP leader Kirit Somaiya has filed a police complaint over alleged use of unauthorised loudspeakers at 72 mosques in Mankhurd Govandi suburb in eastern Mumbai, an official said on Sunday, April 6.
The BJP leader filed the complaint on Saturday during a visit to the area under the Shivajinagar Police Station, Govandi, and cited an RTI reply which showed that 72 mosques were using loudspeakers without police permission.
He said, “I have lodged a complaint at the police station. Unauthorised loudspeakers have been installed on 72 mosques in Govandi, which are without police approval. I have demanded immediate action from the officials on this.”
For the last several months, Somaiya, a former Lok Sabha MP, has been raising the issue and running a campaign against illegal loudspeakers on mosques in various Mumbai neighbourhoods.
He argues that loud noise emanating from the religious premises is not only a violation of the law, but also a problem for residents in nearby areas.
In a post on the social media platform X, Somaiya shared a copy of the RTI reply in which the police confirmed the presence of illegal loudspeakers in the Shivajinagar Police Station area and colonies nearby.
“Loudspeakers are used illegally by 72 mosques in the Shivajinagar police station area. Police permission has not been given to any of these 72 masjids to use loudspeakers,” he said.
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