Prayagraj. The committee of Sambhal’s royal Jama Masjid has suffered a setback from the Allahabad High Court. Justice Rohit Ranjan Aggarwal of Allahabad High Court ruled on Monday afternoon on the plea of the disputed Shahi Jama Masjid Committee of Sambhal. Justice Aggarwal stated the order of the trial court to be correct, in which there was talk of survey of Sambhal’s disputed royal Jama Masjid. The Allahabad High Court said that the petition of the Hindu side cannot be banned. The trial court of Sambhal ordered a survey from the court commissioner of the disputed royal Jama Masjid on 19 November 2024.
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On the orders of the trial court of Sambhal, on the evening of 19 November, the Court Commissioner Shahi Jama Masjid was done and some surveys were conducted there. After this, on 24 November 2024, when the Court Commissioner then reached to survey the royal Jama Masjid of Sambhal, the miscreants started ordered outside. During the violence, the miscreants had fiercely stoned and arson around Sambhal’s royal Jama Masjid. The miscreants also fired on the police. 4 common people died in this firing. Sambhal police made a lot of efforts to control this disturbance. In connection with the nuisance, Sambhal police also arrested more than 50 miscreants, including some women.
Regarding Sambhal’s royal Jama Masjid, the Hindu side claims that there was a Harihar Nath temple here earlier. The royal Jama Masjid was built there on the orders of the Mughal emperor Babur. The Hindu side also says that according to the belief, the place where the Harihar Nath Temple was, there is to be the Kalki incarnation of Lord Vishnu at the end of Kali Yuga. At the same time, the Muslim side says that Sambhal’s royal Jama Masjid was not built by breaking any temple. At the same time, this mosque is a protected building of ASI. Recently, ASI has also argued in the court. Now, after the decision in favor of the survey of Allahabad High Court, the Muslim side can move to the Supreme Court.
