Barricades across the disputed Bhojshala masjid at Dhar in Madhya Pradesh. File
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A Muslim organisation has approached the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) because it conducts a survey on the contentious Bhojshala/Kamal Maula Mosque complicated in Dhar urging it to exclude any gadgets added to the premises post-2003.
Following directives from the Madhya Pradesh High Court, the ASI group, accompanied by senior police and administrative officers, continued the survey on Sunday for the third consecutive day. The disputed complicated is situated in a tribal-dominated district.
Petitioners Ashish Goyal and Gopal Sharma had been additionally on the Bhojshala complicated.
Amid tight police safety, president of the Kamal Maula Mosque Welfare Society, Abdul Samad, a key get together within the authorized battle, communicated his reservations to the ASI by means of an electronic mail on Saturday.
“Our objection is that the ASI should not include in the survey objects placed inside the Bhojshala after 2003. I have sent my objections through an email,” he mentioned.
During the survey, Samad highlighted issues in regards to the division of ASI groups throughout the complicated, advocating for consolidated efforts as a substitute.
Scientific survey
“I am the sole representative of the mosque welfare society present during surveys. My contention is that the ASI teams should concentrate their efforts in a single location rather than spreading out,” he instructed reporters.
The survey started on Friday following an order of the Madhya Pradesh High Court. On March 11, the Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the ASI to perform a “scientific survey” of the Bhojshala complicated inside six weeks. The complicated is a medieval-era monument that Hindus consider is a temple to Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati) and the Muslim neighborhood calls Kamal Maula Mosque.
According to an ASI order issued on April 7, 2003, Hindus are allowed to worship contained in the Bhojshala complicated each Tuesday, whereas Muslims are allowed to supply namaz on Fridays.