Shahar Mufti of U.P.’s Agra booked after confrontation with Jama Masjid committee office-bearers

Following a confrontation between the office-bearers of Shahi Jama Masjid Intezamia Committee and the Shahar Mufti of Agra on Sunday, a case was registered in opposition to Shahar Mufti Abdul Khubaib Rumi at Mantola police station right here on Monday, police mentioned.

Police at Shahi Jama Masjid in Agra on October 2. (HT Picture)

The case was registered on grievance by a caretaker of Shahi Jama Masjid, they added. This was the end result of a confrontation which occurred after these at Jama Masjid opposed entry of Shahar Mufti who was to ship ‘Taqreer’ (speech) on religion on Sunday.

“A case has been registered beneath part 149 (illegal meeting), 504 (insult to impress), 506 (prison intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code in opposition to Shahar Mufti Abdul Khubaib Rumi. The complainant from administration committee of Shah Jama Masjid had alleged that Shahar Mufti reached Jama Masjid with 50 to 60 others and was inclined to provoke a brand new custom which could have posed risk to peace and tranquillity,” mentioned Mantola police station in-charge Satya Dev Sharma.

The Shahar Mufti, nonetheless, denied all prices and accused Mantola police of being biased of their strategy. “I stand for fact however police is in collusion with committee workplace bearers, together with its head and secretary at Jama Masjid Intezamia Committee. Corruption is rampant and properties owned by Jama Masjid are being misused for financial features,” alleged the Shahar Mufti when contacted over telephone.

“On Sunday, I had simply gone to speak about ‘Deen’ (faith) and to information the best way to stay collectively however the committee office-bearers had already known as police earlier than I reached the Jama Masjid,” the Shahar Mufti com. Mohd Zahid, chairman, Intezamia Committee, Shahi Jama Masjid, denied the allegations and blamed the Shahar Mufti for Sunday’s confrontation.

“There is no such thing as a legacy of speech by Shahar Mufti at Shahi Jama Masjid, but an try was made by him to take action on Sunday and he had introduced 50 to 60 of his supporters. I used to be away from Agra and knowledgeable police which acted with endurance and averted state of affairs of confrontation by appearing swiftly,” Mohd Zahid mentioned.

These conscious of the happenings mentioned the dispute might need created a clumsy state of affairs because it was seen in context of lengthy drawn variations between ‘Barelvi’ and ‘Deobandi’ segments of Muslims as one in all them from Barelvi section enjoys maintain over the committee at Shahi Jama Masjid. In an analogous dispute in 1986, three individuals had been injured within the firing on the premises of Shahi Eidgah Masjid.

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