ASI ready to survey Jama Masjid in Badaun
Lucknow (IANS) | The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has applied for survey of Jama Masjid in Badaun Court. A lawyer appeared in the court on behalf of the ASI and he agreed to conduct the survey. For this he has sought time.
Mukesh Patel, state president of Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, had filed an application in September 2022 in the court of Civil Judge Senior Division Badaun. In which it was claimed that Jama Masjid was Neelkanth Mahadev temple which was destroyed and converted into a mosque.
The Mahasabha had demanded the ASI to conduct a survey of the mosque. It made three parties in the case, which include the ASI, the state government and the mosque committee.
According to Hindu Mahasabha’s lawyer Ved Prakash Sahu, the ASI will conduct a survey of the Jama Masjid and then submit its report to the court.
Sahoo said the court had given 15 days time to the ASI to submit the report. The next date of hearing of the case is May 30.