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Ban construction at excavated site, ASI
tells court
Wednesday July 25, 2012 08:42:49 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The
Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) Wednesday asked the Delhi
High Court not to allow any activity or construction at the
purported excavated mosque site near Jama Masjid.
The ASI also told the court that the protection of the site should
be the responsibility of the Delhi Police.
The court last week put a stop on construction work at the site at
Subhash Park and asked the ASI to investigate if the Akbarabadi
Masjid, whose ruins were being claimed to have been found there,
did exist or not.
The ASI said that it would start the investigation after the
monsoon. "There is a possible threat to the excavation process due
to water collection."
The court asked the parties involved in the case to maintain
harmony and follow the its order till the time ASI submitted its
report.
During the hearing, police told the court that area legislator
Shoaib Iqbal, who started construction on the site, should be
directed not to create any tension.
Standing counsel (criminal) appearing for police, Pawan Sharma,
said: "We are complying with the high court order. But Shoaib
Iqbal be directed not to create any tension in the area."
A special bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri, Justice S.K.
Kaul and Justice Rajiv Shakdher reserved its order in the case.
During the hearing, the special bench observed that if the ASI
felt that more area needed to be excavated it could do so.
"Some area is excavated, if the ASI feel some more area is to be
excavated they can do excavate more area to investigate the
matter," the court observed.
The Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM), a political outfit, which
filed an intervening application in the case asked court remove
the construction at the site, where a mosque was being built by
some area residents.
The ABHM urged the court for a direction to demolish the mosque
coming up over the Subhash Park site and permit the construction
of a temple there.
"Only Hindu, Jain temple or a gurdwara can be allowed to be built
there. Some articles had been planted after removing relics of
Hindus and Jains," ABHM vice president S.S. Omji told the court.
He asked the court to appoint a sitting or a retired judge of the
high court to look into the matter. To this, the court said it
will consider this aspect.
The court said that the scientific analysis by the ASI will
continue and said that "we are binding parties concerned till the
time report of the ASI comes up".
Thousands of Muslims offered Friday prayers near the site claiming
that the building remains found at the excavated site were ruins
of a Mughal-era mosque.
The building's remains were discovered early this month during
Delhi Metro work.
Some people from the area claimed that the remains were those of
the 17th century Mughal-era Akbarabadi mosque and started building
a fresh structure at the site but the court put a stop to it.
Following the court order, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation
and police cordoned off the area and handed over the site to the
ASI.
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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.
Construction work was in progress after the discovery and
thousands of Muslim had offered Friday prayers on July 20,
2012. The Delhi High Court however handed over it to
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