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