DEHRADUN: Days after the ‘Hindu mahapanchayat‘ held by right-wing groups against a nearly six-decades-old mosque in Uttarkashi which they claimed was “illegal”, members of the minority community in the area have expressed apprehensions regarding “tampering of the masjid’s land records by the administration.”
The move comes after the administration constituted an “encroachment probe committee to examine the documents”.
The committee formed by Uttarkashi DM is headed by SDM of Bhatwari, under which the mosque falls. The committee had last week issued notices to the landowners of the mosque, stating that they “doubt the authenticity of the documents with them”. The notice was issued on Nov 24, and the Muslim side submitted its reply along with the land registration documents on Nov 26.
SDM Bhatwari, Mukesh Ramola, told TOI: “The committee will finish examining the documents submitted by mosque landowners soon… They were served notices after we suspected the documents might be forged. Once their examination is done, the air will be cleared. The panel will soon submit the report to the DM after which further action will be taken in the matter.
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