Controversy over 55-year-old mosque in Uttarkashi...
A controversy has heated up over a 55-year-old mosque in Uttarkashi. This controversy escalated further when a religious organization of a community called the mosque illegal and organized a public outrage rally against the administration. During the rally, questions were raised on the arrangements of the police-administration and they had to pay the price for taking it lightly. The atmosphere of the city became tense due to this controversy, after which the police have registered a case against eight named and 200 unknown people.
This mosque, located at the foot of Varunavat mountain in Barahat area of Uttarkashi, was built in the year 1969. About 4 naali and 15 muthi land for the mosque was sold by a person of one community to seven people of another community. In the year 2005, the registration of the land of this mosque was rejected, due to which it came into legal dispute. In september 2023, a religious organization of a community termed this mosque illegal and sought information from the district administration in RTI about its construction.
On the basis of the information received in the RTI, the organization declared the mosque illegal and decided to raise its voice against it. After this, on september 6, this organization demonstrated against illegal meat shops and raised slogans against the mosque. The organization had also announced the program of a big public anger rally against the mosque in the month of October.
mosque is not on government land - Administration
On october 21, the district administration tried to calm this controversy by issuing a press release. The administration said that this mosque is not built on government land, but on private land, and it is also scheduled in the government gazette of the Muslim Waqf Department. But the religious organization was not ready to accept this information and remained adamant on the demand to remove the mosque by calling it illegal.