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Akbarabadi Mosque: LG urges people to
exercise restraint
Monday July 23, 2012 08:29:50 PM, IANS
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New Delhi: Delhi
Lieutenant Governor (LG) Tejinder Khanna Monday appealed to people
to exercise restraint and respect the Delhi High court order on
the purported excavated mosque site near Jama Masjid.
Ten policemen were Saturday injured in stone pelting by a mob
after being denied entry on its premises.
"The lieutenant governor has urged all the representatives present
in the meeting to exercise restraint and instruct their
constituents to fully respect the orders of the high court," said
an official.
In the wake of tension mounting at the site, Khanna had called a
meeting which was attended by Delhi government minister Haroon
Yusuf, Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) and Delhi Police
officials and others.
"He also directed police and North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC)
to ensure that assembly of any congregation does not takes place
at the disputed site," the official in LG house said.
"A meeting should be called at the highest level with the stake
holders to consider the matter urgently so that no public unrest
and security concerns are followed," said a statement from LG
office.
Two people were arrested Sunday over pelting of stones the night
before on policemen posted there.
People in Subhas Nagar area had started the construction of a
mosque at the site after a building's remains were discovered
early this month at the site excavated for Delhi Metro work.
Some people from the area claimed that the ruins were those of the
17th century Mughal-era Akbarabadi mosque and started building a
fresh structure at the site but the Delhi High Court put a stop to
it Friday.
Following the court order, the North Delhi Municipal Corporation
and police cordoned off the area and handed over the site to ASI.
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Believed to be built by Bibi Akbarabadi, one of the wives of then Mughal Emperor
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in Chandni Chowk. It is associated with the freedom movement of
1857 during which it was destroyed by the British.
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