Bengaluru, May 30: Hinting that Bharatiya Janata Party would stake claim to more mosques in days to come, former minister K S Eshwarappa today said that there are around 36,000 mosques that need to be converted into temples in the country.
Four persons were arrested on Thursday for namaz at the Shahi mosque in Taj Mahal premises, cops said. The four were booked under section 153 of the IPC, which punishes provoking with intent to cause riots . Four tourists were arrested for offering namaz at the mosque in Taj Mahal premises on Wednesday. Three of them are from Hyderabad and one is from Azamgarh. They have been booked under Section 153 of IPC. They have been presented in the court, said Vikas Kumar, Superintendent of Police