UP: Eight Booked for Fraudulently Registering Demolished Barabanki Mosque as Waqf Property
Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board had issued a statement calling the action illegal and a violation of the Allahabad high court directive issued the day after it was demolished.Â
Photos of the mosque and compound in Barabanki, before (L) and after (R) the May 17 demolition. Photo: Special Arrangement
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New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki Police on Thursday booked eight people for being part of a committee that allegedly committed “fraud and cheating” to get Ghareeb Nawaz Mosque, which was demolished on Monday, registered as a Waqf property. The case was lodged at the Ramsanehi Ghat police station late on Thursday night.Â
Barabanki district in Uttar Pradesh.
The Barabanki administration in Uttar Pradesh has demolished a mosque in the district, saying that an “illegal residential complex” was found opposite the sub-divisional magistrate’s residence, reported
The Hindu on Tuesday. The administration said that the complex was demolished on Monday on orders issued by the sub-divisional magistrate’s court.
The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board on Tuesday condemned the demolition and demanded the mosque be restored, calling it a “patently illegal and high-handed action”. The board said that the action was done on the pretext of removing encroachment.
In a statement, the board said that it will move the Allahabad High Court seeking the restoration of the mosque, a high-level judicial inquiry, and action against the “guilty officers”.