The Sambhal administration has issued an ultimatum to a committee overseeing a shrine and a mosque built on land recorded as a graveyard in the Chaudhary Sarai area to remove the “illegal” structures, officials said on Wednesday.
Tehsildar Dhirendra Pratap Singh visited the site and served a notice, warning of legal action if compliance is not ensured.
Speaking to reporters, the tehsildar said the land is officially recorded as a graveyard, but a mosque and a shrine associated with Dada Fakhruddin Rehmatullah have been constructed on it.
He said that a large market is held at the site every Friday, but its organisers now must obtain permission from the sub-divisional magistrate before holding it.
“The land is registered as a graveyard. It should be used only for burial purposes and not for a mosque or any other structure,” Singh said.
He added that the committee has sought 15 days and assured the administration that the weekly market would be discontinued and the structures remove​The Sambhal administration has issued an ultimatum to a committee overseeing a shrine and a mosque built on land recorded as a graveyard in the Chaudhary Sarai area to remove the “illegal” structures, officials said on Wednesday.
Tehsildar Dhirendra Pratap Singh visited the site and served a notice, warning of legal action if compliance is not ensured.
Speaking to reporters, the tehsildar said the land is officially recorded as a graveyard, but a mosque and a shrine associated with Dada Fakhruddin Rehmatullah have been constructed on it.
He said that a large market is held at the site every Friday, but its organisers now must obtain permission from the sub-divisional magistrate before holding it.
“The land is registered as a graveyard. It should be used only for burial purposes and not for a mosque or any other structure,” Singh said.
He added that the committee has sought 15 days and assured the administration that the weekly market would be discontinued and the structures remove ​Latest News [ SOBAN NEWS: International and National ]
