By Maktoob Staff
In Maharashtra’s Kolhapur district, the months-long campaign by the Hindu right-wing outfits to free the historic Vishalgad fort of “encroachment” turned violent on Sunday as a Hindutva mob vandalised a mosque, houses, and shops belonging to Muslims.
Sambhajiraje Chhatrapati, former Rajya Sabha MP and descendant of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, marched to the fort with thousands of supporters who unleashed the violence against Muslims.
Ahead of Sambhajiraje’s arrival at the fort around 9:40 am, the supporters started stone-pelting on the mosque and attacking local Muslim residents in the vicinity.
The mosque was on the way to Vishalgad but 6 km away from the fort, and the claims of its location on fort land are bizarre and fake, locals alleged.
The attack against Muslims occurred in police presence, videos showed. The videos emerged showing a few police personnel deployed to guard the place despite claims of huge deployment to stop the Hindutva mob.
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