Mosque in UP demolished in violation of HC order; locals maintain construction was legal 20 May 2021
On 17 May, local authorities in the Ram Sanehi Ghat tehsil, in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, demolished the Masjid Gareeb Nawaz (left), and threw the debris into a river (right). The demolition was carried out despite an Allahabad High Court staying all demolitions till 31 May. Courtesy Syed Farooq Ahmad
On 17 May, local authorities in the Ram Sanehi Ghat tehsil, in Uttar Pradesh’s Barabanki district, demolished the Masjid Gareeb Nawaz (left), and threw the debris into a river (right). The demolition was carried out despite an Allahabad High Court staying all demolitions till 31 May.
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Mosque before demolition. The authorities now deny it was a mosque and describe it as a residential complex . Photo: By arrangement
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New Delhi: Two days ago, on Monday, Monday 17, a mosque in the central Uttar Pradesh town of Barabanki was demolished by the administration in defiance of an order of the Allahabad high court. The Gareeb Nawaz Al Maroof Mosque had been around for at least six decades, according to electricity bills held by its committee members, and was registered with the UP Sunni Waqf Board.
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