Now, plea seeks removal of Meena Masjid in UP

ABHM treasurer Dinesh Sharma on Monday filed a fresh petition before the court of civil judge (senior division) in Mathura, seeking removal of Meena Masjid.

Published on: Sep 13, 2022, 00:06:25 IST

By Hemendra Chaturvedi, Agra

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Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha (ABHM) treasurer Dinesh Sharma on Monday filed a fresh petition before the court of civil judge (senior division) in Mathura, seeking removal of Meena Masjid which, he claimed, is constructed on a piece of land under Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi complex.

Earlier, the ABHM leader had filed a petition seeking removal of the Shahi Eidgah mosque, adjacent to Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi which is believed to be the birthplace of Lord Krishna. The case, number 174 of 2021, is pending before the same court.

In his latest petition, Sharma sought removal of the Meena Masjid near Vrindavan railway line.

“I filed the case in the capacity of a devotee and follower of Thakur Keshav Dev Ji Maharaj who owns the land measuring 13.37 acre within Khasra (demarcation on basis of revenue records) No. 255 of Mathura Bangar (Mathura City), where Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi is located,” Sharma said.

“On Janmashtami, I came across constructions being raised allegedly by the Intezamia Committee of Meena Masjid in the name of Meena Masjid on land owned by Thakur Keshav Dev Ji Maharaj and no heed was paid to my request to stop the ongoing construction. Instead, the employee of the Intezamia Committee of the masjid threatened me,” he alleged.

The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf has impleaded as defendant no. 1 in the case. The Intezamia Committee of Meena Masjid is the second defendant in the case.

Sharma said the court of the civil judge (senior division) will hear the case on October 26.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Hemendra Chaturvedi
Hemendra Chaturvedi is a senior journalist based at Agra. He covers eight districts of Agra and Aligarh division namely Agra, Mathura, Mainpuri, Firozabad, Aligarh, Etah, Kasganj and Hathras. He had been with HT since 1992 and has completed three decades of association with HT and has worked for Hindustan Times only all through his career of about 35 years. Having Masters in Chemistry, Hemendra is also a law graduate with diploma in Personnel Management and has utilised broad based academic qualifications in his indepth, accurate and high impact stories from this part of western Uttar Pradesh while being based in the city of Taj Mahal. In such long span of career with Hindustan Times, Hemendra Chaturvedi has led his team of reporters which was instrumental in bringing out supplements including Region Scan, Agra Live, HT City time to time and proven his leadership qualities and has made presence of HT felt in the region covered by him. In the process of time, Hemendra has attained expertise in a variety of beats, being sole reporter for HT and has covered Aligarh Muslim University, Taj Mahal centric tourism, religiously sensitive city of Mathura and had been witness to Agra Summit having attendance of top leaders of India and Pakistan.Read More