Petitioner in Ajmer dargah lawsuit claims he received death threats

Police said that they were looking into Gupta’s complaint.

“The complaint was filed at around 3 pm and we are looking into it. Appropriate action will be taken,” a senior officer said.

Gupta said he would not be cowed down by such threats. He has demanded that the dargah in Rajasthan’s Ajmer be declared as Sankat Mochan Mahadev Temple and Hindus be given the right to worship there.

The dargah is visited by thousands of devotees cutting across religious lines every day. A court issued notices to the Dargah committee, the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) on Wednesday, seeking their response on the petition filed by Gupta.

The court’s move to accept the petition and notices to the three parties has sparked a major controversy, with the Muslim leaders slamming it as an attempt to disturb communal harmony.

The development comes amid simmering tensions over several similar temple-mosque lawsuits especially in Uttar Pradesh.

The next hearing in the Ajmer case is on December 20.