Dec 04, 2024 02:16 PM IST
Seven individuals have been detained briefly for reciting Hanuman Chalisa close to a mosque on the premises of a faculty premises in Uttar Pradesh’s Varanasi when their fellow college students have been providing namaz there, police mentioned on Wednesday.
Nonetheless, pupil chief Vivekanand Singh of Uday Pratap School claimed Hanuman Chalisa was recited on Tuesday to protest in opposition to “outsiders” gathering on the mosque to supply prayers.
“We have now no drawback if the scholars right here supply namaaz or worship within the mosque or temple on the school premises. However we don’t settle for that outsiders are gathering right here within the identify of providing namaz on the school premises,” he mentioned.
Extra Commissioner of Police, Varanasi Cantt space, Vidush Saxena mentioned the scholars have been adamant about reciting Hanuman Chalisa close to the mosque within the school premises on Tuesday.
“The police pacified them and despatched them again. The police additionally detained seven college students who have been launched within the night,” he mentioned.
The faculty’s principal D Ok Singh mentioned a discover was despatched to the institute in 2018 claiming the mosque positioned on the campus was donated to the Waqf Board by the Nawab of Tonk and the land was a Waqf property.
Singh mentioned the discover had come from Wasim Ahmed Khan, a resident of Varanasi.
In reply to the discover the school administration had mentioned that the mosque was constructed illegally, whereas the property of the school belongs to the belief and it may well neither be purchased nor offered.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Varuna Zone, Chandrakant Meena mentioned that in 2022 development work within the mosque was stopped on the grievance of the school administration.
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