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NEW DELHI — A Hindutva leader was detained for trying to perform ‘Aarti’ at the stairs of the Jama Masjid in the historic Uttar Pradesh city of Agra.
Police detained Gopal Chahar, state convener of the right-wing Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, who wanted to perform the Hindu prayer at Jama Masjid on the occasion of Janmashtami late on Monday night, media reports reaching here said on Wednesday
The organisation claims that Mughal emperor Aurangzeb demolished the idol of Keshav Dev of Mathura’s Sri Krishna Janmabhoomi and buried it under the stairs of Jama Masjid in Agra.
Mantola police station in-charge inspector Satyadev Sharma said the accused wanted to worship the idol but was detained. He said further legal action will be taken on the directions of senior officials.
The Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi Sanrakshit Seva Trust has filed a plea in a local court in Agra seeking to “dig out Lord Krishna idol buried under the staircase” of the mosque in Agra during the reign of Aurangzeb.
Meanwhile, police stopped Meera Rathore, district president of Agra Mahila Morcha of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, near Farah while she tried to celebrate Shri Krishna’s birthday in the sanctum sanctorum of Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi on Janmashtami.
