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Mosque case: Petitioner seeks action against
MLA Shoaib Iqbal
Monday July 23, 2012 06:54:18 PM, IANS
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New Delhi: A
petitioner Monday moved the Delhi High Court seeking contempt of
court proceedings against legislator Shoaib Iqbal, the central
government and Delhi's police chief for allegedly allowing illegal
construction at an excavated site near the Jama Masjid.
The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) sought in its petition the
removal of construction at the site, where a mosque was being
built by some area residents and thousands of Muslims offered
Friday prayers claiming that ruins of a Mughal-era mosque were
found there.
Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw
took note of the ABHM petition and posted the matter for July 25
when the main matter will come up for hearing and police would
submit a status report.
The court Friday put a stop on construction work and asked the
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) to take over the site at
Subhash Park and to ascertain if the Akbarabadi Masjid, whose
ruins were being claimed to have been found there, did exist or
not.
The authorities defused a potentially volatile situation Saturday
and handed over the site to archaeologists. Later in the night,
protestors pelted stones at police, injuring 10 personnel posted
there. Two people were arrested.
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Believed to be built by Bibi Akbarabadi, one of the wives of then Mughal Emperor
Shah Jahan, the mosque is considered the twin of Fatehpuri Masjid
in Chandni Chowk. It is associated with the freedom movement of
1857 during which it was destroyed by the British.
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thousands of Muslim had offered Friday prayers on July 20,
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