11 held in Agra for ‘hoisting saffron flag atop mosque’
A purported video of the alleged incident also went viral on social media where a group of men can be seen climbing over the mosque and recording a video while hoisting the saffron flags.
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“The 11 accused included Sunny (24), Himanshu (19) and Sunny (25),” said a police official. An FIR under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 452 (house-trespass) and 505 (2) [statements creating or promoting enmity] has been lodged at Tajganj police station. Agra police on Wednesday arrested 11 persons for allegedly hoisting saffron flags atop a mosque in the Tajganj area of the district during a shobha yatra. The incident took place on January 22 which marked the opening of the Ram temple in Ayodhya.
A purported video of the alleged incident also went viral on social media where a group of men can be seen climbing over the mosque and recording a video while hoisting the saffron flags.
“Some anti-social elements forcefully tried to enter the Shahi Masjid in Tajganj while hoisting saffron flags on January 22. Around 3.30 pm, about 1,000-1,500 people with sticks forcefully entered the mosque and raised objectionable slogans,” reads the FIR, which was registered after a complaint by the mosque’s caretaker Zahir Uddin. “They created chaos in the mosque and hoisted saffron flags on the mosque’s minarets, walls and inner premises,” the complainant alleged.
“The 11 accused included Sunny (24), Himanshu (19) and Sunny (25),” said a police official. An FIR under IPC sections 147 (rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 452 (house-trespass) and 505 (2) [statements creating or promoting enmity] has been lodged at Tajganj police station.
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