Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 6: In response to the Hindu Mahasabha’s appeal for reciting the Hanuman Chalisa inside a mosque on Tuesday, the Uttar Pradesh Police have set up barricades and are conducting vehicle checks in several locations throughout Mathura.
According to sources speaking to PTI, about to 1,500 police, armed constabulary, and paramilitary force members have been deployed, and traffic restrictions are being enforced close to the Shri Krishna Janmasthan temple and Shahi Masjid Idgah in the temple town.
Uttar Pradesh | Police barricading placed at various places in Mathura this morning & vehicle checking being done by them in wake of a call given by Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha to recite Hanuman Chalisa at Shri Krishna Janmabhoomi complex-Shahi Idgah Masjid maidan here today. pic.twitter.com/LvDK1uy8UJ
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Dinesh Kaushik, national treasurer of the Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha, announced on Monday that they would carry out their request to recite the Hanuman Chalisa inside the mosque.
District Police Chief Shailesh Pandey responded by declaring that “no new tradition or ritual” would be permitted.
“The orders of the Supreme Court would be followed and the implementation of prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC in letter and spirit would be ensured. Nobody will be allowed to take the law into his own hands and spoil the peace of this pilgrim city,” Shailesh Pandey was quoted as saying by PTI.
The Hindu Mahasabha had given a similar call last year but their plan was scuttled by the district administration.
