Team Clarion
NEW DELHI — Members of a Hindutva outfit, Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Suraksha Sangathan, attacked a mosque located near Meerut Cantt railway station in Uttar Pradesh, destroyed its bathroom and recited ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ on its premises.
Hindutva leader Sachin Sirohi and his supporters created ruckus before the mosque on Monday calling it “illegal” and demanding it be bulldozed. They shouted slogans favouring a bulldozer action and goading the Yogi Adityanath government to take “appropriate and urgent” action against the mosque.
They claimed that the mosque was built on the land of the railway station calling it “land jihad”.
“Strict action should be taken against all these mosques. We don’t need anything but bulldozer action against the mosque,” said Sirohi.
He also raised objections to the name of the mosque which is called “Cantwali Masjid”.
However, the mosque representatives clarified that the mosque is century-old and it has no dispute regarding its land.
“The mosque is very old and Muslims have been offering namaz for a hundred years without any dispute. But the man named Sachin Sirohi, a hooligan and a terrorist, often targets religious places of Muslims and has been clamouring for their demolition. On 22 March, he along with his supporters came to the mosque, demolished its bathroom and attempted to desecrate religious books,” Riyasat Ali, a representative of the mosque, told reporters.
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