The Bajrang Dal has claimed that the structure is a temple and demanded that they be allowed to worship here. Bajrang Dal’s Fatehpur district co-convenor Dharmendra Singh said that we will worship here in the afternoon. The administration will not be able to stop us.

Members of an organization on Monday vandalized a mausoleum in Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh and claimed that the structure is built on a temple. The district administration has deployed heavy police and PAC forces in the entire area and put up barricades around the disputed site to prevent any further disturbance. The dispute is over the structure located in Abu Nagar in Radiya area of ​​Sadar tehsil.

The tomb, officially registered as Maqbara Maangi (national property) under Khasra number 753 in government records, has become a bone of contention after the Math Mandir Sanrakshan Sangharsh Samiti and other Hindu groups, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), declared it a temple dedicated to Thakurji and Lord Shiva, which is reportedly more than a thousand years old.

#WATCH | Members of Hindu organisations, including Bajrang Dal, and several other people enter the premises of an old structure/tomb in Uttar Pradesh’s Abu Nagar in Fatehpur district, claiming it is a temple and demanding to offer prayers here. Some protesters can be seen… pic.twitter.com/jJ8Otfo7Jr

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The Bajrang Dal has claimed that the structure is a temple and demanded that they be allowed to worship here. Bajrang Dal’s Fatehpur district co-convener Dharmendra Singh said that we will perform puja here in the afternoon. The administration will not be able to stop us. No one can take away our right to worship in Hinduism.

This is our temple which they are calling a mazar. On the law and order situation in Abu Nagar, District Magistrate Ravindra Singh said that both the parties have been informed about the facts. They have been assured that law and order will be maintained. We have to ensure that rumours do not spread. The situation is peaceful.

The controversy started when Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) district president Mukhlal Pal, who has been leading the agitation, alleged that the tomb of Nawab Abdus Samad, located in the Sadar tehsil area, was not a tomb but a temple that had been altered over time.

He described it as a thousand-year-old temple of Thakurji and Lord Shiva, citing the presence of a lotus flower and a trident inside the structure as proof. Following this claim, members of a Hindu organisation entered the tomb premises and vandalised the tomb outside. According to reports, the group is planning to perform puja at the site today, which has worsened the situation.