Rehman, a member of the Campus Front of India, had been arrested along with journalist Siddique Kappan while they were on their way to Hathras in October 2020.
Why UP court order asking ASI to survey Kashi-Gyanvapi mosque complex is legally unsound
The Allahabad High Court last month had reserved orders on the maintainability of the suit filed by the Hindu side. 3 hours ago The picture shows structures of the Kashi Vishwanath Temple found around the Gyanvapi mosque when the area was dug open. | Scroll Staff
On Thursday, a civil court in Uttar Pradesh asked the Archaeological Survey of India to conduct a survey
at the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi to determine if a temple existed at the site before the construction.
The mosque lies right next to the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
Photo of Allahabad High Court. | Wikimedia Commons
The Uttar Pradesh government on Thursday told the Allahabad High Court that there was no evidence against a Muslim man who was among the first in the state to be charged under the new law against forced conversions, reported NDTV.
“The Investigating officer has found that it is not a case of UP Prohibition of Unlawful Conversion of Religion Ordinance 2020 and the Act UP Ordinance No. 21 of 2020,” said the affidavit filed by the UP government on Wednesday. “There is no evidence found that the accused Nadeem is having an illicit relation with Parul, nor has any evidence come forward that he tried to change the religion of Parul.”