3 min readNew DelhiJun 8, 2010 01:19 AM IST
First published on: Jun 8, 2010 at 01:19 AM IST
For the thousands of worshippers who gather at the temple in Majnu Ka Tila each week,a fistful of wrestlers have been a headache for some time. Though the court passed a restraint order on June 4,directing the Akhara,which is next to the temple,not to interfere with religious gatherings and prayers in the temple,the muscle flexing wrestlers seem to be in no mood to back off.
Civil Judge Dheeraj Mor passed the order on a suit filed by Gobind Biswas,managing trustee of Hari Om Ashram Hanuman Mandir,restraining the wrestlers’ training centre from interfering in religious activities at the temple,run by Matuas,Bengali Dalits. “But when the worshippers went to the Mandir on June 6,the wrestlers stood in the way armed with sticks and other weapons,” said Ambika Ray,counsel of the worshippers. The court,taking into consideration an new petition filed by the temple,passed an injunction order and has posted the matter for hearing on July 28.
Ray alleged that they called the police,who came to the scene after 40 minutes and after seeing the court order,dismissed it as an “ex parte order”. “We couldn’t offer our prayers and are now waiting for the next court hearing when we can complain against the police who are clearly helping the wrestlers,” Ray said.
During the June 4 hearing,the Sanjay Pahalwan Akhada were not represented in court. “It is evident that the plaintiff (Biswas) through the trust is in the settled possession of the suit property and he is carrying out puja and other religious activities in the suit property. If the plaintiff is dispossessed from the suit property without following due process of law,it shall cause irreparable injury to him… I deem it appropriate that the defendant (the akhara) be restrained from interfering,” the judge said.
The temple had been set up by Ram Kishan Dass,who was in the settled possession of the property since 1977,and then executed a will in favour of Biswas on March 4,2005. Biswas alleged that the Akhara has been trying to disturb the faith of the devotees and constantly threatening the community to stop them from offering puja there.
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