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Lucknow: A 168-year-old mosque in Meerut was demolished late Friday night as part of the ongoing Rapid Rail and Metro corridor projects.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, the mosque was located on the construction path, which was being carried out by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC). The demolition took place under the supervision of police and administrative officials.<\/p>\n
Initially, on Thursday, some individuals began dismantling parts of the mosque with hammers. Later, around 1:30 AM on Friday night, a bulldozer was used to complete the demolition. Green screens were set up around the site.<\/p>\n
Authorities had disconnected the mosque\u2019s electricity supply on February 20. By February 21, all movable items were removed from the premises, and by Thursday afternoon, demolition work had begun.<\/p>\n
NCRTC officials had been consistently demanding the removal of the mosque. On Thursday night, Additional District Magistrate (City) Brijesh Kumar Singh, along with NCRTC officials, visited the site and engaged with local representatives before the demolition.<\/p>\n
Haji Swaleheen, representing the mosque\u2019s management, stated that they had legal documents dating back to 1857 proving the mosque\u2019s existence.<\/p>\n
He also noted that Friday prayers were not held at the mosque that day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Lucknow: A 168-year-old mosque in Meerut was demolished late Friday night as part of the ongoing Rapid Rail and Metro corridor projects. According to Kashmir Media Service, the mosque was located on the construction path, which was being carried out by the National Capital Region Transport Corporation (NCRTC). The demolition took place under the supervision …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":169657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t