Ahead of the Hanuman Sankirtan March in Srirangapatna, a heavy police force has been deployed as precautionary measures to avoid any untoward incident, the Mandya district administration informed on Sunday.
The groups have claimed that the mosque stands on the ruins of a Hanuman temple. The members of the groups said that they will enter the Jamia Masjid in the town and perform puja there. Section 144 CrPC has been imposed in the area for 12 hours, between 6 am and 6 pm for today (June 4).
Members of some right-wing groups on Saturday gathered at Kirangur Junction at the historical Srirangapatna town in Karnataka s Mandya district to march to a mosque here.