NEW DELHI — Loudspeakers of a mosque in Uttar Pradesh’s Sambhal district were removed for “violation of rules” related to control of noise emanating from places of worship, a police official said on Sunday.
The loudspeakers were removed from Mosque Punjabian for issuing messages at very high volume, said a police official from Chandosi Police station.
The FIR said since the loudspeaker’s volume was found to be violative of the guidelines issued by the Allahabad High Court, the policemen on patrol removed the horn-shaped loudspeakers of the mosque.
The incident was reported by beat constable Jitender Kumar on Saturday around 7 p.m., said the FIR.
The name of the mosque’s Imam, Shakeel Shamsi, son of Abdul Shamad Shamsi, was also mentioned in the FIR.
The FIR was registered under Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Sections 223 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant, 270 (Public nuisance) and 292 (punishment for public nuisance. Provisions of noise pollution law were also added in the FIR.
In 2022, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath-led Uttar Pradesh government issued a set of guidelines to restrict the use of loudspeakers at places of worship. –IANS
