Mosques in UP covered with tarpaulin sheets ahead of Holi newindianexpress.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newindianexpress.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The work of covering these mosques were carried out throughout the previous night in the presence of police and people associated with the mosque committee so that no colours or dirt are smeared on the structures by the people during the festive celebrations. Uttar Pradesh: Four Mosques Covered With Tarpaulin in Aligarh Ahead of Holi Celebrations (Watch Video).
A man was arrested and three minors were detained on Sunday after a video surfaced on social media purportedly showing a group of people, while playing with colours, harassing a man and two women of the Muslim community.
Shailendra Kumar Pathak Vyas, the original petitioner in the case, has requested the top court to hear him before deciding on any challenge to the the recent Allahabad High Court order allowing prayers in the cellar