Security at Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi reviewed

Uttar Pradesh additional director general (ADG) , security, Vinod Kumar Singh assessed the security arrangements on the sensitive Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Eidgah Mosque premises in Mathura in view of the new challenges.

Agra Uttar Pradesh additional director general (ADG) , security, Vinod Kumar Singh reviewed security arrangements on the sensitive Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Eidgah Mosque premises in Mathura on Tuesday. Singh held a meeting with officials of security agencies concerned, including CRPF and state police and inspected the arrangements on the spot.

Additional director general (ADG) security Vinod Kumar Singh on Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Eidgah Mosque premises in Mathura on Tuesday. (HT)

Singh inquired about the security arrangements from police authorities which included SSP Mathura Dr Gaurav Grover.

Later, he attended a meeting at Mathura police lines. “It was a pending meet of the Standing Committee constituted for the security of Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Eidgah Mosque. The arrangements were assessed in view of new challenges and discussion focused on improvements that could be made,” said a senior police official present in the meeting.

There exists a three-tier security system at Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi site, with the CRPF assigned security of the innermost red zone while PAC and state police take care of yellow zone. The market area around the structure is manned by Mathura police.

Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi and Shahi Eidgah Mosque are in a sensitive area and there have been demands from time to time to make a grand temple at this site. Beside this, there are numerous litigations pending in Mathura court ,seeking removal of Shahi Eidgah Mosque and handing over of land to temple authorities for a grand Krishna temple.

Those contesting on behalf of Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi allege that the settlement had no legal validity because the Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi Trust, having ownership and title, was not party to it.