Before Demolition of Barabanki Mosque, Wave of Arrests Spread Fear, Scuttled Protests
With FIRs already registered against those who protested in March, locals are wary of being implicated in false cases.
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.